Page 58 - Hello-Grammar-8

Zero Articles
We don’t use articles in the following situations.

Situations Examples

proper nouns Rahul, Jimmy, Tim

abstract and material nouns love, passion, iron, gold, copper

primary purposes school, college, hospital, church, bank, mar-

ket, church
possessive pronouns his book, her pencil, my bag

meals dinner, lunch

seasons, months and days summer, February, Saturday

diseases, games and malaria, soccer, blue
colours
certain expressions at sunset, by bus, on holiday, on strike, at

work, on foot, by chance, in trouble, by sea,
under arrest, at ease

D. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ wherever necessary. If articles
are not required, put a ‘X’ in the space.
1. Kabita is suffering from ________ blood cancer.

2. Some of my classmates are playing ________ volleyball.
3. It was about half ___ hour later that I saw this man coming up _____
road

4. Krishna went to _____ temple to meet his friend.
5. ______ copper is a good conductor.
6. Yesterday ____ UK lady entered a restaurant in _____ hurry.
7. Her house was on _____ fire. The firefighters came very late.
8. We will leave the hotel at _____ sunset.

9. ______ white stands for purity.
10. Where is _______ Taj Mahal located?

54 Hello Grammar 8