There are four articles in the English language: a, an, the and “zero article”. They are used before nouns to indicate whether the nouns are specific or general. To learn and understand English articles you need some patience and time. Thus, to speed up the process and facilitate the learning, we have accumulated the rules of using these articles in one table.
Since you know the basic rules of using articles, it’s the right time to check your knowledge. Here we selected for you several mobile applications which might improve your understanding of functioning of articles and English grammar in general.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fenls.englishtestarticles&hl=en_SG – is a new application designed for young people and adults who have problems with articles but need to learn them for studies or work. In this app first you learn the rules, then take tests to assess your knowledge. Each test consists of 10 with multiple-choice questions. Developers claim that this application can help you to prepare for international exams such as IELTS, TOEFL iBT, TOIEC Test, the GRE Tests, HiSET Practice Exam, PTE, BEC Preliminary, ISE. First two lessons are available for free.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/test-your-articles-lite/id507754019?mt=8 – is another app for improving understanding of articles and cases of their use. Besides, it provides learners with opportunity to improve strategies for grammar success. You can choose to answer the question sorted by topics or learn via a mock test mode, where questions are selected randomly from different topics. There are over 300 multiple-choice questions. First two tests you can take for free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talkenglish.grammar – is an app for learning not only articles but the whole English grammar in general. It that covers 138 popular grammar topics complemented with simple explanations, examples and fun quizzes. You can study all the grammar lessons by level – from easy level to difficult one or study the lessons grouped together by topics such as Nouns, Verbs, Articles, Verb Tenses, etc. This application is free, though you can remove advertisements for extra charge.
We hope that now you have all necessary instruments for using English articles correctly. Take your time, do some practice and you surely will be able to use the articles like a native speaker.
