English Articles Test

Incorrect usage of articles in English is like driving your car at night with the headlights off. You can’t find the way in darkness. The book illuminates the way by being the most definitive resource for English learners at all levels.• Test with the key and helpful explanations in brackets:Dew, fog and rain are all forms of water. (The three nouns enumerated belong to the same category, so the definite article can be dropped)• A scoring system helps you keep track of your progress• Interesting, contrastive article usage in carefully selected contexts:The fish is a trout. vs The trout is a (kind of) fish.Wasn’t the concert terrific? vs What a terrific concert it was!Elephants are big, but the elephant in the zoo is small for an elephant.We are used to the cold but this is a cold we have not seen before.• Focus on enhancing the minutest differences:a slight chance vs slight chancea more beautiful view vs the more beautiful viewfootball’s 20th World Cup = the 20th football World Cup