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MIXED ENGLISH ARTICLES EXERCISE 3 (ESL)
level: Beginner/Intermediate (A2/B1)
✓ Useful for IELTS
✓ Useful for TOEIC
A third mixed articles exercise, focusing on commonly confused patterns at the A2/B1 level — including job descriptions, the second-mention rule, sports teams, and titles used with and without names. If you haven’t done exercises 1 and 2 yet, start there.
Grammar review
Mixed articles — common errors and tricky cases
This third exercise focuses on the article patterns that cause the most errors at A2/B1 level.
Job and role descriptions — always a/an:
“She is a doctor.” “He works as an engineer.”
Second mention — switch from a to the:
“I saw a dog. The dog was barking.”
Sports teams — always the:
“She supports the Lakers.”
Titles used with names — no article:
“President Lincoln” “Doctor Smith”
But: “The president announced…” (no name = article needed)
Times of day — mixed:
in the morning/afternoon/evening • at night (no article)
READY TO PRACTICE? LET’S GO!
Choose
a,
an,
the, or
no article to complete each sentence.