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ESL Easy Quiz - Are You a Visitor? - Articles (Questions)

Practise polite English for meeting someone new. Learn simple visitor phrases, friendly questions, and helpful answers you can use at a home, school, or workplace.

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Fascinating Fact:

The sound matters more than the letter, so we say an hour because the h is silent.

In ESL Easy, this quiz helps you talk about being a visitor and greeting people politely. You practise useful questions and responses for arriving somewhere, explaining who you are, and checking details such as where to go and who to see.

Key Terms

Visitor: A person who goes to a place for a short time and does not live or work there.
Greeting: Words you use to say hello in a polite way, like “Good morning” or “Nice to meet you”.
Polite question: A respectful way to ask something, often using “Can I…?” or “Could you…?”

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are some polite phrases to use when you are a visitor in English?

Polite visitor phrases include “Hello, I’m here to see…”, “Could you help me, please?”, and “Where should I go?”. Adding “please” and “thank you” makes your tone friendly and respectful.

How do I introduce myself as a visitor in English?

You can say, “Hello, my name is …” and “I’m visiting because …”. If you have an appointment, you can add, “I have an appointment with … at …”.

When do I use “a” and “an” in English for ESL?

Use “a” before a consonant sound, like “a visitor” or “a university”, and use “an” before a vowel sound, like “an office” or “an hour”. The sound is the key, not the letter.

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[ ]	My brother is farmer in Wales.
[ ]	My brother is a farmer in Wales.
[ ]	My brother is farmer in the Wales.
[ ]	My brother is the farmer in a Wales.

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[ ]	To make pancakes you need eggs, flour, milk and oil or butter.
[ ]	To make pancakes you need some eggs, some flour, some milk and some oil or some butter.
[ ]	To make the pancakes you need the eggs, the flour, the milk and the oil or the butter.
[ ]	For to make some pancakes you need eggs, flour, milk and oil or butter.

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[ ]	The baby girl of my sister has the blue eyes and the fair hair.
[ ]	My sister's baby girl has the blue eyes and the fair hairs.
[ ]	My sister's baby girl has blue eyes and fair hair.
[ ]	The my sister girl baby girl has the eyes blue and the hair fair.

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[ ]	Who was old man in far corner of room?
[ ]	Who was the old man in the far corner of the room?
[ ]	Who was the old man in far corner of room?
[ ]	Who was old man in the far corner of room?

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[ ]	The Captain Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel.
[ ]	Captain Webb was first person to swim the English Channel.
[ ]	Captain Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel.
[ ]	Captain Webb was the first person to swim English Channel.

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[ ]	The doctor Jones doesn't often have the time for a cooked breakfast in the morning.
[ ]	Doctor Jones doesn't often have the time for a cooked breakfast in the morning.
[ ]	The doctor Jones doesn't often have time for a cooked breakfast in morning.
[ ]	The doctor Jones doesn't often have time for cooked breakfast in a morning.

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[ ]	Please contact this office again during last week of the February.
[ ]	Please contact this office again during the last week of the February.
[ ]	Please contact this office again during the last week of February.
[ ]	Please contact this office again during last week of February.

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[ ]	Baby arrived before nurse could come, at the nine in morning. She was held up in traffic.
[ ]	A baby arrived before a nurse could come, at the nine in a morning. She was held up in traffic.
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[ ]	The baby arrived before the nurse could come, at nine in the morning. She was held up in the traffic.

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[ ]	In the bag were a small box and a quantity of money from a foreign country.
[ ]	In bag were small box and quantity of money from foreign country.
[ ]	In bag were the small box and quantity of money from the foreign country.
[ ]	In a bag were small box and quantity of the money from foreign country.

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[ ]	Leaves turn brown and fall off a trees in an autumn.
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ESL Easy Quiz - Are You a Visitor? - Articles (Answers)

Choose the correct sentence.

[ ]	My brother is farmer in Wales.
[x]	My brother is a farmer in Wales.
[ ]	My brother is farmer in the Wales.
[ ]	My brother is the farmer in a Wales.

English almost always puts 'a' or 'an' in front when saying what job someone does ('My old man's a dustman'), but we don't usually put 'a' or 'the' in front of the name of a country.

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[x]	To make pancakes you need eggs, flour, milk and oil or butter.
[ ]	To make pancakes you need some eggs, some flour, some milk and some oil or some butter.
[ ]	To make the pancakes you need the eggs, the flour, the milk and the oil or the butter.
[ ]	For to make some pancakes you need eggs, flour, milk and oil or butter.

When we talk about substances in general (that is, without saying what kind or how much), we just say the name of the stuff without any other words in front. This is easier in English than in some other languages!

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[ ]	The baby girl of my sister has the blue eyes and the fair hair.
[ ]	My sister's baby girl has the blue eyes and the fair hairs.
[x]	My sister's baby girl has blue eyes and fair hair.
[ ]	The my sister girl baby girl has the eyes blue and the hair fair.

In English we don't need to put 'the' in front of names of parts of the body. ('Oh grandmother, what big teeth you have!' ... NOT 'the big teeth'!)

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[ ]	Who was old man in far corner of room?
[x]	Who was the old man in the far corner of the room?
[ ]	Who was the old man in far corner of room?
[ ]	Who was old man in the far corner of room?

We use 'the' to mean 'one particular thing', when we're not actually pointing at it.

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[ ]	The Captain Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel.
[ ]	Captain Webb was first person to swim the English Channel.
[x]	Captain Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel.
[ ]	Captain Webb was the first person to swim English Channel.

English does NOT use 'the' in front of the titles of people (like 'Colonel Mustard'); but we use it in front of 'first', 'last' and other positions (like 'King Henry the Eighth' when we speak of him), and in front of famous place-names like the Lake District and the Cairngorm Mountains.

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[ ]	The doctor Jones doesn't often have the time for a cooked breakfast in the morning.
[x]	Doctor Jones doesn't often have the time for a cooked breakfast in the morning.
[ ]	The doctor Jones doesn't often have time for a cooked breakfast in morning.
[ ]	The doctor Jones doesn't often have time for cooked breakfast in a morning.

No 'the' in front of the titles of important people, remember; after that, you will need at least one 'the' and at least one 'a'.

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[ ]	Please contact this office again during last week of the February.
[ ]	Please contact this office again during the last week of the February.
[x]	Please contact this office again during the last week of February.
[ ]	Please contact this office again during last week of February.

Remember, we use 'the' in front of a phrase that shows a position in order ('the first or second person'), but NOT usually in front of names of days or months.

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[ ]	Baby arrived before nurse could come, at the nine in morning. She was held up in traffic.
[ ]	A baby arrived before a nurse could come, at the nine in a morning. She was held up in traffic.
[ ]	Baby arrived before a nurse could come, at a nine in the morning. She was held up in traffic.
[x]	The baby arrived before the nurse could come, at nine in the morning. She was held up in the traffic.

Clearly, this is quite a detailed situation (and quite serious, and quite memorable) ... so you will probably need lots of definite articles ('the'): 3 or 4 or them, in fact.

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[x]	In the bag were a small box and a quantity of money from a foreign country.
[ ]	In bag were small box and quantity of money from foreign country.
[ ]	In bag were the small box and quantity of money from the foreign country.
[ ]	In a bag were small box and quantity of the money from foreign country.

This is not such a 'definite' situation, so you are more likely to need 'a' or 'an' here and there.

10.

Choose the correct sentence.

[ ]	Leaves turn brown and fall off a trees in an autumn.
[ ]	Leaves turn brown and fall off of trees in an autumn.
[ ]	The leaves turn brown and fall off the trees in a autumn.
[x]	Leaves turn brown and fall off the trees in the autumn.

We seldom put the indefinite articles ('a' or 'an') in front of the names of seasons.

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ESL Easy Quiz - Are You a Visitor? - Articles (Questions)

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