ARTICLE WORKSHEET #1 
 
EXERCISE 
Add A or AN when appropriate. 
 
_____ power line 
_____ crime 
_____ authority figure 
_____ protest 
_____ tax 
_____ earth-like planet 
_____ garden 
_____ ice sculpture 
_____ lightning rod 
_____ power plant 
_____ algebraic equation 
_____ mountain range 
_____ angle 
_____ geometric figure 
_____ arch 
_____ square 
_____ army 
_____ attack 
_____ airplane 
_____ jet 
_____inventor 
_____ u-turn 
_____ u-boat 
_____ ugly person 
_____ actor 
_____ ulcer 
_____ director 
_____ uncontrollable child 
_____ CIA operative 
_____ FBI agent 
 
EXERCISE 
Add A, AN, or THE when appropriate. 
 
When beginning their training, _____ astronaut needs to know how to fly _____ airplane.  He/she must 
know how to work _____ flight controls, as well as monitor _____ radar for other air traffic.  In training for 
space flight, _____ astronaut must also know how to fly _____ jet (_____ much faster version of _____ 
plane).  Generally, he/she must know _____ inner workings of both types of aircraft, as well as 
understand _____ physics involved in flight.  Finally, _____ astronaut must understand _____ different 
dangers related to flying in bad weather on _____ earth as well as understand _____ different dangers 
related to flying in _____ low-gravity environment.  Being _____ astronaut can be one of _____ most 
difficult yet rewarding jobs in _____ entire galaxy.