ARTICLES
I. Supply an article for each blank.
1. We have beautiful garden. garden is full of roses.
2. Is fencing popular sport in world?
3. I'd like glass of orange juice please.
4. Can you give me envelope, please? Certainly. envelope?
5. Is there post office near here?
cinema.
7. rich often drive luxurious cars.
8. Would you like hamburger?
9. Selena has got cat. What is
10. She goes to Mount Hermon School. school is very cold.
central heating system? It has, but central heating is
broken.
11. Henry, NBA player said that he saw U.F.O .
12. He is M.A but I am B.A.
13. dog is a faithful animal.
14. She bought herself useful umbrella.
15. English is international subject.
16. Lord Clive was European.
17. None but brave deserves the fair.
18. Cheetah is fastest animal.
19. store where you forgot your glasses is down street.
20. I met one eyed man you were talking about.
21. She can play harmonica very well.
22. I want to know reality of this.
23. poor are generally merciful.
24. The woodcutter brought axe to cut the wood.
25. At last, warrior in him awoke.
26. When reaching end of street, turn left.
27. He has been asked to be umpire in the match.
28. There was little water at bottom of the jug.
29. tiger is our national animal.
30. I found one rupee coin inside his pocket.
II. Insert articles where they are needed.
1. My elder brother is S.D.O.
2. He reached here late in afternoon.
3. A horse and carriage are at the door.
4. Rig Veda is oldest book in world.
5. He is stronger of two.
6. Sun rises in east every morning.
7. Alladin had magic lamp.
8. Children of this class are very mischievous.
9. He has few pens only.
10. I generally drinklittle milk at night.
11. A dog and ox were fast friends.
12. Cow is domestic milch animal.
III. Remove the articles where they are not needed.
1. A black and a white sheep is grazing.
2. I generally go to the bed at 10 p.m.
3. The Andamans are a part of the India.
4. His bungalow is at the Akbar Road.
5. The Mathematics is a very difficult subject.
6. I can write the English very well.
7. The students are going to the school.
8. Captain Nelson went to the sea at an early age.
9. The man is mortal.
10. The poverty is a great curse.
11. A good person is liked by the people.
12. Life is the bed of thorns and not that of roses.
13. He is a lecturer which means he works in the College.
14. An honesty is the best policy.
15. He bought an apple and the grapes.
16. He speaks the Chinese very well for an Indian.
17. Andy plays the badminton and practices the violin everyday.
18. Can you please give me a cup of the coffee from the table.
19. She went to the Russia to learn the trade and commerce.
IV. Complete the following exercise with a / an or the articles. Put "x" where no
article is needed.
According to National Weather Service, cyclones are areas
of circulating winds that rotate counterclockwise in Northern
Hemisphere and clockwise in Southern Hemisphere. They are generally
accompanied by some kind precipitation and by stormy
weather. tornadoes and hurricanes are types
of cyclones, as are typhoons, which are storms that occur
in western Pacific Ocean. hurricane
is cyclone that forms over tropical oceans and seas and
has winds of at least seventy-four miles
hour. hurricane rotates in shape of oval
or circle. hurricanes can cause great
environmental damage. Hurricane Andrew, which hit
coasts of Louisiana and southern Florida in August 1992, caused
extreme devastation. In terms of environmental
damage, Hurricane Andrew is one of most devastating hurricanes
ever to hit United States. Fourteen people died because of
Andrew's effects.
V. Complete the following exercise with suitable articles. Put "x" where no
article is needed.
Ms Parrot, (1) most famous lady detective of (2) twenty-
first century, was born in (3) United Kingdom in (4) 1960s.
Since then, she has been to many countries, including (5) Portugal,
Singapore and Australia, and has lived in (6) northern hemisphere and
(7) southern hemisphere, as well as on (8) equator. She has
never been to (9) Philippines or (10) United States, but she
speaks (11) English, French and Portuguese. Like Sherlock Holmes,
(12) famous detective, she plays (13) violin, and
sometimes practises up to five times (14) day. She is also
(15) only person in (16) world to have performed
(17) recorder. She has been (18) detective for thirty years
and claims that although many people think that being (19) detective is
(20)
fun and games. (21) detective is someone who solves mysteries,
and(22) people who contact Ms Parrot have some very
unusual problems. Little information is available about some of (23) cases she
has solved, but quite (24) few of her most famous cases have attracted
worldwide attention and she has been offered up to (25) thousand
dollars(26) hour to help solve mysteries such as (27)
case of (28) Australian owl in (29) uniform. (30)
bird laid (31) egg in (32) European nest in less than
(33) hour after its arrival. What (34) strange problem!
With great (35) modesty, she has either declined such (36)
fee or donated (37) money to (38) poor, or to
(39) Grammar Survival Fund, believing that
(40) detective should use their skills for (41)
common good.
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