Definite vs. Indefinite Articles Practice
Adult IT Professionals (Developers, PMs, QA, DevOps, etc.)
Exercise 1: Joining a New IT Team
Read the paragraph below. Add the correct articles ('a', 'an', 'the') where needed, or remove any incorrect ones.
Joining
close-knit
IT
team
as
newcomer
can
be
challenging,
especially
when
you’re
unfamiliar
with
their
established
culture,
communication
norms,
and
inside
jokes.
Team
may
have
years
of
shared
experience,
making
it
difficult
to
break
into
conversations
or
contribute
meaningfully
at
first.
Unspoken
workflows
and
informal
hierarchies
can
leave
you
feeling
like
outsider,
even
if
your
technical
skills
are
solid.
Social
cues
and
references
fly
over
your
head,
creating
sense
of
exclusion
that’s
hard
to
navigate.
Building
trust
and
rapport
often
takes
time,
patience,
and
willingness
to
observe
before
fully
integrating.