Articles: A, An, The

English has three articles: A, AN, and THE. These articles are used before nouns to show whether the nouns are general or specific. Learning how to use A, AN, and THE can take time. To speed up the process, this English articles tutorial includes descriptions and exercises to make every English learner an articles expert.

How to Use this Tutorial

1. Read A vs. An and complete articles exercises 1 - 6.

2. Read A(An) vs. The and complete articles exercises 7 - 11.

3. Advanced article usage is more challenging. If you wish to become an English articles expert, read Advanced Articles, complete articles exercises 12 - 30, and take the articles final test.

4. Please note that after each exercise below, we have listed the article uses covered with a link to the descriptions.

Articles A An The Exercises