Articles Worksheet – Class 5

Name: ____________________ Class/Sec.: __________ Date: __________  Marks: 40

A. Fill in the blanks with a, an, or the. (5)

1. I saw ________ elephant at the zoo.
2. She is ________ honest girl.
3. Rahul bought ________ new bicycle.
4. ________ sun rises in the east.
5. He ate ________ apple after lunch.

B. Choose the correct article. (5)

1. He is (a / an) engineer.
2. I saw (a / the) moon last night.
3. She has (a / an) umbrella.
4. This is (a / an) useful book.
5. He wants to be (a / an) doctor.

C. Put a, an, or the before each noun. (5)

1. ________ orange
2. ________ university
3. ________ hour
4. ________ tiger
5. ________ Earth

D. Correct the articles. (5)

1. He is a honest man. → __________________________
2. She ate a apple. → ______________________________
3. I saw an tiger in the forest. → ____________________
4. A sun is very hot. → ______________________________
5. He is an European. → _____________________________

E. Fill in the blanks in the paragraph. (5)

Yesterday, I saw ________ little boy near ________ park. He was carrying ________ umbrella and ________ orange bag. ________ boy was waiting for his mother.

F. Choose a, an, the, or no article (×). (5)

1. My father is ________ teacher.
2. I like ________ milk.
3. ________ Ganga is a famous river.
4. She plays ________ piano.
5. We have ________ breakfast at 8 a.m.

G. Rewrite correctly. (5)

1. I saw an beautiful bird.
2. The Ravi is a long river.
3. She wants to buy an uniform.
4. Sun is a star.
5. He ate a orange.

H. Make sentences using the given nouns with suitable articles. (5)

1. elephant – _________________________________________
2. book – ____________________________________________
3. moon – ____________________________________________
4. honest man – _______________________________________
5. umbrella – _________________________________________

Teacher’s Remarks: ______________________________________________

ANSWER KEY – ARTICLES

A. Fill in the blanks

1. an
2. an
3. a
4. The
5. an

B. Correct articles

1. an
2. the
3. an
4. a
5. a

C. Articles

1. an orange
2. a university
3. an hour
4. a tiger
5. the Earth

D. Correct the articles

1. He is an honest man.
2. She ate an apple.
3. I saw a tiger in the forest.
4. The sun is very hot.
5. He is a European.

E. Paragraph

Yesterday, I saw a little boy near a park. He was carrying an umbrella and an orange bag. The boy was waiting for his mother.

F. A, An, The or ×

1. My father is a teacher.
2. I like × milk.
3. The Ganga is a famous river.
4. She plays the piano.
5. We have × breakfast at 8 a.m.

G. Rewrite correctly

1. I saw a beautiful bird.
2. Ravi is a long river.
3. She wants to buy a uniform.
4. The sun is a star.
5. He ate an orange.

H. Sample answers

1. An elephant is a large animal.
2. I bought a book yesterday.
3. The moon shines at night.
4. He is an honest man.
5. She carried an umbrella.

Other grammatically correct sentences are acceptable.