CBSE Class 5 English Articles and Demonstratives Worksheet

An article is a special kind of adjective. There are three articles, the words a, an, and the. The describes one specific item or items.

The program was canceled because of the snowstorm.

A and an refer to any one item of a group. Use a before words that begin with a consonant sound. Use an before words that begin with a vowel sound.

A giraffe is an elegant animal.

Demonstrative adjectives are used to point out something. The words this, that, these, and those are demonstrative adjectives. This and that are singular. These and those are plural. This and these refer to things that are close. That and those refer to things that are at a distance.

Read this book. He washed these apples. (close to the speaker)

Take that train. Those boys are on the other team. (at a distance from the speaker)

Demonstratives often appear before the nouns they modify, but they can stand alone. When a demonstrative is used by itself, it is a demonstrative pronoun.

Give this to your sister. I like those the best.
 

• Exercise 1 Write in the blank the article that best completes each sentence.

Do you have a ticket for the class play?

1. The moon is really bright tonight.

2. It is helpful to have a calculator.

3. My dad keeps maps in the car glove compartment.

4. The field hockey team has a match after school.

5. Sara hopes to get a bicycle for her birthday.

6. My father thinks ordering pizza is an excellent idea.

7. I read my little sister a story about a unicorn.

8. An index of street names appears on most maps.

9. I will be attending a or the school on Maple Street.

10. My mom wants to buy a sports car.

11. Please put your backpack on the kitchen table.

12. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a huge museum.

13. The closest parks are across town.

14. Jeff went shopping for a baseball mitt.

15. Many of my friends have an interest in astronomy.
 

• Exercise 2 Draw a line under the demonstrative in parentheses that best completes each sentence. Write P in the blank if it is a pronoun or A if it is an adjective.

     P         (That, These) is the biggest pumpkin I’ve ever seen!

........... 1. (This, Those) baby’s skin is as smooth as silk.

........... 2. Miriam told (those, that) same joke yesterday.

........... 3. (Those, That) elephants are sleeping in the shade of the tree.

........... 4. (This, These) takes two solid hours to complete.

........... 5. Is (those, this) your favorite song?

........... 6. (That, Those) icicles look like long, jagged teeth.

........... 7. (This, Those) is the worst I have seen!

........... 8. (This, These) ants are busy at work.

........... 9. (That, These) are the best days of our lives.

........... 10. I have climbed (those, that) tree a hundred times.

........... 11. The pilot calmly steered us through (that, these) big cloud.

........... 12. (This, Those) makes a high, piercing noise.

........... 13. Her eyes shining, the little girl pointed to (those, that) piece of candy.

........... 14. May I buy five of (that, those), please?

........... 15. (Those, That) students want to transfer to our school.

........... 16. (Those, That) sounds like an interesting movie.

........... 17. (This, These) is what we bought for Dad.

........... 18. Liam, take (this, these) and put it over there.