Definite Article 'The' Quiz

The definite article 'the' is used to identify a definite or particular noun that has not been mentioned before.

In the sentence 'I received the letter', it is correct to use 'the letter' because we know which letter is being referred to.

In the sentence 'I saw an old man with an eagle. Theeagle was perching on his right shoulder.', 'Theeagle' is grammatically correct.

The definite article 'the' is about a noun that has not been mentioned beforehand or a noun that we are unaware of.

In the sentence 'He watched a movie. The movie was about the death of a ghost.', the usage of 'the movie' is incorrect.

In the sentence 'The first sentence has to use ‘a letter’ not ‘the letter’', this statement is true.

We use 'the' before names of famous buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower, and also before a singular noun that refers to a whole class or group of people or things, such as the middle class.

The indefinite article 'a' is used before a word that begins with a consonant, and the indefinite article 'an' is used before a word that begins with a vowel, or a word that begins with a consonant but has a vowel sound, such as an hour.

The indefinite article 'a' can be used before a proper noun, as in A Mr. Brown called to ask when you are going to return the borrowed money.

The indefinite article 'an' is used before a noun which begins with a vowel sound, such as an honest man.

The definite article 'the' is used before the special names of rivers, seas, oceans, mountain ranges, and groups of islands, such as the Nile and the Himalayas.

The indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' are used to introduce something that has not been mentioned before, but they are not used before a plural noun.

The indefinite article 'a' is used before the word one because it sounds as if it begins with a W (wun), as in a one-way street.

The definite article 'the' is used before certain organizations, political parties, and countries, such as the United Nations and the Republican Party.

The indefinite article 'a' also means one, and can be used interchangeably in certain contexts, as in He keeps a/one dozen snakes as pets.

The definite article 'the' is used when there is only one such person, place or thing, such as the President of the United States.