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British Broadcasting Corporation 2007
Grammar ChallengeThe 'zero' articlePractice activities
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BBC Learn ing Eng l ish Gram m ar Cha l lenge
Grammar Challenge activities BBC Learning EnglishPage 2 of 5
bbclearningenglish.com
Zero ar t i c les
Exer c ise 1 :
Read each sentences and decide whether it is correct or not.
1. I don't really like sweet things but I love a choco la te .
a. Correct
b. Not correct
2. She goes to work b y b u s.
a. Correct
b. Not correct
3. They usually go skiing in the A lps but last year they went to France and skied on t h e
Mon t B lanc.
a. Correct
b. Not correct
4. What t he g rea t ho l i day we had in Italy and w ha t th e fan tas t i c cheese we ate!
a. Correct
b. Not correct
5. He's from the Ma ld ives and she's from I r e l a n d .a. Correct
b. Not correct
6. He bought a pa ir o f j eans and the m os t fan tas t i c su i t I've ever seen.
a. Correct
b. Not correct
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BBC Learn ing Eng l ish Gram m ar Cha l lenge
Grammar Challenge activities BBC Learning EnglishPage 3 of 5
bbclearningenglish.com
Zero ar t i c les
Exer c ise 2 :
Choose the best answer from the options below to complete the sentences.
They met at ( 1 )__________ speed-dating event.
She was from ( 2 ) __________ Ireland and he was from ( 3 )__________ Caribbean.
She really likes ( 4 ) __________ folk music but he prefers ( 5 )__________ jazz.
She loves skiing but he's terrified of( 6 )__________ heights and was even too scared to
go to ( 7 )__________ top of( 8 ) __________ Empire State Building when he went to ( 9 ) __________New York on holiday.
She eventually decided to go out with him anyway and six months later they got married!
What ( 1 0 )__________romantic story she'll have to tell her grandchildren.
Opt ions(1) the / a / an / no article
(2) the / a / an / no article
(3) the / a / an / no article
(4) the / a / an / no article
(5) the / a / an / no article
(6) the / a / an / no article
(7) the / a / an / no article
(8) the / a / an / no article
(9) the / a / an / no article
(10) the / a / an / no article
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BBC Learn ing Eng l ish Gram m ar Cha l lenge
Grammar Challenge activities BBC Learning EnglishPage 4 of 5
bbclearningenglish.com
Zero ar t i c les
A n swe r s
Quiz 1 :
Read the sentences and decide whether each one is correct or not.
1. I don't really like sweet things but I love choco la te.
a. Th is sen tence is cor rect
We don't use any article when we're talking about uncountable nouns in general.
2. She goes to work b y b u s.
a. Th is sen tence is cor rect
We don't use any article when we're talking about some kinds of transport, including'by bus'.
3. They usually go skiing in the A lps but last year they went to France and skied on t h e
Mon t B lanc.
b. Th is sen tence is no t cor r ect .
We use the definite article with groups of mountains but no article with single
mountains.
4. What the fan t as t i c cheese we ate in Italy!
b. Th is sen tence is no t cor r ect .
We don't use an article with expressions with 'What + uncountable noun'.
5. He's from the Ma ld ives and she's from I r e l a n d .
a. Th is sen tence is cor rect
We use the de f i n i te a r t i c l e w i th coun t r i es made up o f i sl ands bu t w e don ' t use
an a r t i c l e coun t r i es li ke ' I r e land ' .
6. He bought a pa ir o f j eans and the m os t fan tas t i c su i t I've ever seen.
a. Th is sen t ence is cor rect
We use articles with these pieces of clothing.
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BBC Learn ing Eng l ish Gram m ar Cha l lenge
Grammar Challenge activities BBC Learning EnglishPage 5 of 5
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Zero ar t i c les
A n swe r s
Exer c ise 2 :
Choose the best answer from the options below to complete the sentences.
They met at ( 1 )__________ speed-dating event.
She was from ( 2 ) __________ Ireland and he was from ( 3 )__________ Caribbean.
She really likes ( 4 ) __________ folk music but he prefers ( 5 )__________ jazz.
She loves skiing but he's terrified of( 6 )__________ heights and was even too scared to
go to ( 7 )__________ top of( 8 ) __________ Empire State Building when he went to ( 9 )
__________New York on holiday.
She eventually decided to go out with him anyway and six months later they got married!
What ( 1 0 )__________romantic story she'll have to tell her grandchildren
Opt ions
(1) a
(2) no a r t i c le
(3) t h e
(4) no a r t i c le
(5) no a r t i c le
(6) no a r t i c le
(7) t h e
(8) t h e
(9) no a r t i c le
(10) a