Quiz 1

Beginning

Determine which article to use in each sentence.

1. Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence. 
2. Compare your response to the feedback by clicking the "Check 1-12" button at the bottom.

1.

  — Bee A bee The bee is a flying insect.

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Unspecific-Specific

2.

  — Bee A bee The bee stung me yesterday!   

sting (V) stung (past) – the action of an insect making a hole in the skin and putting in a small amount of poison

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Specific-Unspecific

3.

  — A sting The sting Sting on my leg was very painful.     

sting (N) – the place on the skin where an insect made a hole in the skin and put in poison

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Earlier Mention

4.

  — Bees The bee live in hives.   

hive (N) – a manmade structure for bees to make their home

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Plural–all / The-class

5.

My biology book says, " — Honey bee The honey bee is a very social insect.  It lives in a colony."

colony (N) – a term for a social group

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Plural–all / The-class

6.

It is true. — Bees The bees are very social insects. 

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Plural–all / The-class

7.

A bee group consists of — a mother the mother mother   and her daughters.

consists of (V) – is made up of, includes

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Class/Unspecific One

8.

The mother is — queen bee a queen bee the queen bee and her daughters are the workers.

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Earlier Mention

9.

– Bee A bee The bee in this picture is a honey bee.

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All/ Specific One

10.

– Leg Legs The legs of the bee are covered with pollen.

pollen (N) – a fine, yellow powder produced by flowers

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Included Parts

11.

— Most of pollen Most of the pollen is used as food for larvae. 

larva (sing.)  larvae (pl.) – a young insect with a soft tube-shaped body, which will later become an insect with wings

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Most of / Most of the

12.

Nectar and pollen feed — queen bee the queen bee .

nectar (N) – the sweet liquid that bees collect from flowers

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Shared Knowledge

Quiz 2

Intermediate

Determine which article can be used in each sentence.

1. Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence. 
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13.

Most bees are fuzzy and carry — electrostatic charge an electrostatic charge the electrostatic charge .

fuzzy (Adj) – having thick, little hairs

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Unspecific-Specific

14.

— A charge The charge makes the pollen stick to the legs.


electrostatic charge (N) – a force of attraction (positive + negatve) such as when rubbing two balloons together

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Earlier Mention

15.

— African honey bees The African honey bees are more defensive than — European honey bees The European honey bees .

defensive (N) – intending to protect themselves against attack

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Nationality   All/ Class

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— Greeks The Greeks in ancient times believed that — bee the bee was the sacred.

ancient (Adj) – belonging to a time long ago    
sacred (Adj) – holy, relating to god or religion

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Nationality   The-class/ A-any one

17.

Mayan cultures in — Yucatan Peninsula the Yucatan Peninsula regarded honey as "the food of the gods ".

Mayan (Adj) – Meso American civilization (2,000 B. C. – present.) in Central America

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Geography

18.

— Sun Temple The Sun Temple in Niuserre, Egypt has pictures of beekeepers blowing smoke into hives as they remove honey.

temple (N) – sacred building

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Landmarks

19.

— Minoans The Minoans on — island the island of Crete made a honey wine called meade.

Minoans (N) – an ancient civilization (people) 27th century BC to the 15th century BC
Crete (N) – an island in the Mediterranean to the south of Greece

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Nationality   Geography

20.

  — Jewelry The jewelry was found in — a shape the shape of a honey bee.

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All/ Specfic   Later Mention

21.

  – Another place The other place where – a bee the bee was sacred was at Delphi in ancient Greece.

sacred (Adj) – relating to god or religion
ancient (Adj) – belonging to a time long ago

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Another / The other   Plural–all / The-class

22.

  – Honey The honey is – gift the gift of heaven," wrote Virgil.

Virgil – (70 BC – 19 BC) was a classical Roman poet

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All/ Specific   Later Mention

23.

The Queen's gardens at – Buckingham Palace the Buckingham Palace in England has two bee hives.

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Article Expressions

24.

During — World War II the World War II , bees wax was used for candles, water-proofing products and tape.

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Article Expressions

25.

— Internet The Internet reminds us of spiders, and networking reminds us of bees.

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Shared Knowledge

26.

  — A truth The truth is that we could not survive without — bees the bees .

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Shared Knowledge   Plural–all / The-class

• "Bee." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 Aug. 2016, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee. Accessed on 23 Aug. 2016.
• The Bee Goddess. White Buffalo Calf Productions, 2013. Accessed on 6 Jan. 2014.