Questões de Concurso sobre Artigos | Articles

Which option completes the text correctiy? A dash (-) indicates that no article is used.

__________ China's first autonomous cargo ship, named Jin Dou Yun O Hao, has made its first voyage in Zhuhai.

Yunzhou Tech, _______ technology company based in Zhuhai, developed _______ ship in collaboration with Wuhan University of Technology and CCS. _______ autonomous cargo ship will reduce 20% construction cost, 20% operation cost and 15% fuel consumption.

(Adapted from https://www.seatrade-maritime.com)

Check the sentence in which the indefinite article has been correctly used.

Consider the use of articles throughout the text and complete the blanks in the following statements with a/an or the.

I. ____ is considered indefinite, and it is commonly used as a synonym for one.

II. ____ is definite, and can be used with countable and uncountable, singular and plural nouns.

III. ____ is used in superlative structures, before the adjective.

Select the alternative with the correct answers.

Complete the sentence below with the correct verb. Choose the CORRECT answer

Japan’s mysterious ‘Lake of the Gods’.

‘‘Born from ____ volcanic eruption around 2,000 years ago, Japan’s mysterious Mashu-ko, or Lake Mashu, located on ____ island of Hokkaido, is rumoured to be one of ____ clearest lakes in ____ worlD) Because ____ lake is surrounded by dense fog and 200m crater walls that drop sharply into ____ water, visiting its shores is strictly prohibited, adding not only to its ancient intrigue, but also helping to preserve its unspoilt waters.’’

Read and complete the sentence below,

I'm traveling to _______ United States next month. I want to see ____ Hawaii and ______ Rocky Mountains (depending on ________ money and _______ time!).

Mark the option which best completes the blanks respectively.

Complete the paragraph below, about Scotland, with lhe missing articles.

For many years, Scotland was _________________ poor country. But now things are better for most people. There is oil and gas in ______________ sea between Scotland and Norway. Edinburgh is ______________ important place for money, and there are big banks there, like lhe Royal Bank of Scotland. Tourists visit this beautiful country and they bring money to Scotland too. Many people love living and working there, and more than 20 million visitors go to Scotland each year.

Now, mark the carreei option, from top to bottom:

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:

• Jonathan (be) ______ a regular contributor to San Francisco magazine until last year.

Now he (write)__________articles once a month.

The definite article in front of a noun is used when we believe the hearer/reader knows exactly what we are referring to. However, we do not use the definite article with:

Notice the use of the articleAin the sentence: “Finnish schools have a unique way of dealing with students ...”. (third paragraph)

Choose the sentence in which the article A was also correctly used.

In English, the two indefinite articles are “a” and “an”. Like other articles, indefinite articles are invariable. You use one or the other, depending on the first letter of the word following the article, for pronunciation reasons. Use “a” when:

Analyze the sentence below.

Why did you left your former job?

There is a mistake in the context above related to a/an:

Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks of lines 07, 10 and 21.

Read the sentences below and choose the one in which the indefinite article has been used incorrectly.

Complete the article below correctly. Choose the CORRECT answer:

THE DAY THE QUEEN WAS ALMOST SHOT

By YONETTE JOSEPH and CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY - MARCH 3, 2018

(THE NEW YORK TIMES) This much is certain: On Oct. 14, 1981, ___ teenager armed with ___ .22 rifle went to ___ fifth floor of ___ building in Dunedin, New Zealand, during ___visit by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip. When ___ royals stepped out of their Rolls-Royce to greet thousands of well-wishers on ___ street, ___ gunman, Christopher John Lewis, 17, ___ self-described terrorist who was hiding in ___ deserted toilet cubicle, trained his rifle on ___ queen and fireD) He misseD) The Guardian said “it may be ___ closest anyone has ever come to assassinating Queen Elizabeth II.” Decades later, questions about whether ___ New Zealand police and government had covered up ___ seriousness of ___ crime still linger. (…)

(https://www.nytimes.com/)

Complete the article below correctly. Choose the CORRECT answer: (Artigo definido e indefinido)

IRAN PLANE CRASH: ALL 66 PEOPLE ON BOARD FEARED DEAD

(BBC) ____ Aseman Airlines plane, en route from Tehran to ____ south-western city of Yasuj, came down near ____ city of Semirom in Isfahan province. ____ Red Crescent deployed search and rescue teams to ____ site. ____ airline has retracted ____ statement saying definitively that all aboard were dead. Flight EP3704 left Tehran at 04:30 GMT and crashed about ____ hour later. ____ aircraft, ____ twin-engine turboprop, came down on Dena Mountain, 22km (14 miles) from Yasuj, news channel Irinn reported. Sixty passengers, two security guards, two flight attendants and ____ pilot and co-pilot were on board. ____ airline initially said everyone had been killed but said later: "Given ____ special circumstances of ____ region, we still have no access to ____ spot of ____crash and therefore we cannot accurately and definitely confirm ____ death of all passengers of this plane." Bad weather has hampered rescue efforts. Emergency teams have had to travel to ____ crash site by land rather than using ____ helicopter. (…)

(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43103192)

Select the words that correctly replace the ☐ of lines 01, 10 and 22.

Please choose the alternative that correctly fll the blanks of the text:

This morning I went to ____ mall and I bought ___ newspaper and ___ magazine. When I was outside I saw ___ accident between two cars: ___ blue one and ___ grey one. ___ blue one crashed into ___ tree, but ___ driver of ___ car wasn’t hurt.

Check the sentence in which the indefinite article AN is correctly used.

All the articles (definite an indefinite) have been removed from the text. How many articles “THE” are there in the text above?

The sentence below uses a specific grammar structure, which one? Choose the CORRECT answer.

“The office was cleaned yesterday.”