Article Exercise 1

(a)Fill in the blanks with a, an, the: 

1. He is studying at ….. University in U.K.
2. Have you found ….. pen you lost yesterday?
3. Please give me ….. one-rupee note.
4. All ….. boys ran away.
5. I have bought ….. umbrella.
6. Neil Armstrong was ….. first man to land on the moon.
7. Yesterday ….. European visitor came to our school.
8. The camel is ….. ship of the desert.
9. Nasir is …..honorable man.
10. I don’t expect ….. reward.
11. ..... island is a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.
12. Give me ….. book to read.
13. Christmas falls on ….. 25^th of the December every year.
14. These are ….. students who have broken the chair.
15. The teacher asked ….. easy question.
16. He is ….. able man.
17. Ramesh is ….. best of all.
18. He has applied for ….. post of a lecturer.
19. I have lost ….. pen you gave me.
20. Life is not ….. bed of roses.
21.  ….. sun rises in …..east and sets in ….. west.
22.  ….. apple …..day, keeps ….. doctor away.
23. Akash is ….. Dara Singh of our school.
24. Rajdhani Express is ….. fast and comfortable train for ….. rich.
25.  ….. Himalayas are ….. highest mountains in ….. world.
26.  ….. dog is ….. faithful animal.
27.  ….. postman put ….. letter under ….. front door just ….. hour after you had left.
28.  ….. man you saw here yesterday is ….. uncle of mine and ….. great lover of ….. Ramayana.
29. She is ….. M.A. in Geography.
30.  ….. cow is ….. useful animal.

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