1. Articles
Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles
(a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross (×) in those blanks: —
What (a) — surprise it was! Robin got (b) — first prize in (c) — competition. I was really (d) — amazed at his success. Of course he was trained by (e) — expert coach for (f) — time. He always obeyed (g) — instructions given by (h) — coach. Even he was not found outside (i) — camp during practice session. (j) — boy like him is always appreciated by the people.
(a) a; (b) the; (c) the; (d) x; (e) an; (f) the; (g) the; (h) the; (i) the; (j) A
Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an
article. Put a cross (×) in those blanks: —
Robi is (a) — indigent boy. He comes of (b) — needy family. But he is diligent and upright. He has (c) — unique vision for life. He believes that honesty is (d) — key to success. Moreover, he has (e) — deep sense of patriotism. Being imbued with these ideals, he shapes (f) — dream of his life. From (g) — dawn to dusk, he works hard. He never squanders time, wastes money and dissipates (h) — energy. His only aim is to reach (i) — apex of success. We need (j) — ideal boy like Robi.
Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross in those blanks: -
(a) —— parliament house of Bangladesh is (b) —-- exquisitely designed building. In fact, it is (c) —— wonder of modern architecture and technology. It is one of (d) -— largest and most spectacular parliament buildings in (e) —- world. It is (f) —- highly expensive building. (g) —- maintenance cost of the parliament house is about 50 million taka per year. An American architect (h) —— Louis I. Kahn designed this (i) —-- building. Every day many (j) —-- visitor comes to visit the building.
Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross (×) in those blanks: —
I have (a) ——uncle who has just retired from (b) ——-army. He used to be (c) ——ABI agent, and everybody says he has been an honest man all his life. As a child, I loved him for his stories. He once told me that he met (d) —-one-eyed alien from (e) ——- space. (f)—— alien did not need any oxygen. And it did not have (g)—— nose. I now understand that it was (h) ——-hard story to believe. I am not sure he was telling me (i) ——- truth. Maybe, he is not so (j) ——- honest, after all.
Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed:-
Mr. Bright is (a)——— - European. As he is (b)——— Englishman, he knows (c)———English well. He is (d)——honourable to everyone though he is (e) ——-- one-eyed man. One day having (f)———-SOS, he went to (g) —-- USA.
His brother, Johnson living there joined (h) ——-- Army last year. He is (i)——-younger of the two brothers. When Mr. Bright met his brother, he could not but shed (j) ——- tears.