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Articles Worksheet
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Reading Level 3
Directions: Read each of the following sentences. Choose the pair of
articles that best completes the sentence. Circle your response.

1. Jose felt that it was ________ honor to go on an expedition into the jungle with ________
renowned explorer Bruce Hand.
a) a, the b) an, a
c) a, an d) an, the

2. Kiki saw ________ long-necked giraffe eating vegetation while she sat in ________ back of
the truck.
a) a, the b) the, a
c) the, the d) a, a

3. The experienced Bruce Hand spotted ________ cheetahs on the peak of ________ hilltop
without even using his binoculars.
a) an, an b) a, the
c) the, a d) the, an

4. Jose slashed his way through ________ impassable undergrowth with ________ large
machete.
a) the, an b) the, a
c) a, the d) an, an

5. That was ________ first time that John had seen ________ elephant that wasn't behind bars or
being held captive.
a) a, an b) the, a
c) the, an d) an, an

6. Kiki is ________ honest person and, given our options, I would trust her with ________ keys
over Demetrius.
a) a, a b) a, the
c) an, a d) an, the
7. When John crashed his boat into ________ reef, he sent out ________ SOS signal over the
radio system requesting help from nearby ships.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

8. The rain pounded the thatched roof of ________ shelter day and night and Kiki waited
endlessly for ________ downpour to cease.
a) the, the b) an, the
c) the, an d) a, a

9. Jose heard ________ jungle birds singing strange songs and frolicking freely high up in
________ trees.
a) a, the b) the, a
c) the, the d) the, an

10. ________ orange beaked bird with bright blue tail feathers sang a sanguine song sweetly on
________ alcove.
a) A, a b) A, an
c) An, a d) An, an

11. ________ gorillas gathered by ________ great big banana tree.

12. John gave ________ fifty-pound bag of long-grain rice to the villagers as ________ gift for
their hospitality.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

13. Bruce Hand taught Jose how to do ________ birdcall and how to make ________ omelet out
of lizard eggs and shrubbery.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

14. Bruce Hand spotted ________ leopard creeping through golden seeded grass in ________
savannah.
a) a, an b) the, an
c) a, the d) an, the
15. Jose felt ________ hyenas circling and he knew that ________ only way off the mountain
was down the waterfall.
a) the, an b) the, a
c) a, the d) the, the

16. After Bruce Hand was taken captive by silverback gorillas, Jose ran to ________ village to
get help from ________ townsfolk.
a) a, a b) the, an
c) an, the d) the, the

17. John observed ________ red feathered bird with ________ biggest beak that he had ever
seen.
a) a, a b) a, the
c) a, an d) the, a

18. We saw ________ elegant elephant on ________ velveteen veldt.

19. "That's definitely ________ biggest rhinoceros that I've seen in ________ while," shouted
Bruce Hand as he fled in terror.
a) a, a b) the, a
c) the, an d) the, the

20. Kiki used ________ iron poker to stoke ________ smoldering campfire.
a) a, a b) a, the
c) an, the d) an, an

21. Bruce hand is ________ European Union citizen and ________ American citizen.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

22. Jose saw ________ young lion hungrily roaming ________ land.
a) a, the b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, the
23. Jose sat on ________ wooden crate, ate a pudding cake, and waited on ________ order from
his leader who was busy cooking steak.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

24. Bruce Hand was disappointed that ________ Sudanese tour guides were forming ________
union.
a) a, a b) the, an
c) an, an d) the, a

25. ________ ugly rhino charged ________ tribe but wound up getting carved with knives,
stewed, fried, and caramelized.
a) An, an b) A, an
c) A, the d) An, the

26. Bruce Hand made ________ error and let ________ angry ostrich eat his ammunition.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

27. Bruce Hand had to find ________ hotel within ________ hour or his companions would
have to spend another night in the bushes.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

28. Bruce Hand felt like ________ new man after he had seen the magical toucan wearing blue
pants and soaring across ________ Sudan.
a) a, a b) an, a
c) a, the d) an, the

29. Kiki wore a bikini while she cooked ________ zucchini on ________ iron pan for her
panini.
a) a, a b) a, an
c) an, a d) an, an

30. Bruce Hand jumped into the window of ________ SUV and drove off into ________
crimson sunset.
a) an, the b) a, the
c) a, an d) an, an