EXERCISE 16–5Using articles (for multilingual writers)
Click on the correct article in each sentence. Click on None if the sentence does not require an article.
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(A / An / The) books that we ordered on Monday have not yet arrived.
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Air travel became common after 1952, the year of (a / an / the) first commercial passenger jet flight.
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For his literature course, Kevin memorized (a / an / the) poem by William Butler Yeats.
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Sigmund Freud was known for using (a / an / the) hypnosis on his patients.
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Space exploration has led to (a / an / the) advancements in science and technology.
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Known for his black hat and mustache, Charlie Chaplin is probably (a / an / the) most famous silent-film actor.
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The genetic substance DNA was first described in (a / an / the) article published in 1953.
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Tiger Woods typically wears (a / an / the) red shirt when he plays golf on Sundays.
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Mia began surfing at fifteen, when she moved to (a / an / the) California.
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Elie Wiesel’s Night is (a / an / the) powerful literary work about the Holocaust.
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