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The Articles exam has 36 multiple-choice questions across these levels: Primary (25), Secondary (36). Each attempt draws 10 at random from the level you choose. You get two tries per question, and each answer is explained afterwards. At the end you see your grade.

Sample questions

  1. 1. Choose the correct article: "___ apple a day keeps the doctor away."

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    • A
    • An
    • The
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    ✅ An

    Use "an" before words starting with a vowel SOUND: an apple, an egg, an orange. The word "apple" starts with the vowel /æ/.

  2. 2. Complete: "I go to ___ school by bus."

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    • an
    • no article
    • the
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    ✅ no article

    No article when you mean the activity itself: go to school (to study), go to bed (to sleep), go to work. You add "the" only when you mean the building: "I went to the school to fix the roof."

  3. 3. In which sentence does the gap need NO article?

    • Close ___ door, please.
    • He is ___ engineer.
    • She plays ___ piano.
    • We go to ___ school by bus.
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    ✅ We go to ___ school by bus.

    With school, hospital, church or prison, no article means the PURPOSE (going to study), not the building.

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