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7. This is made in .......... United Kingdom.
8........... Americans like whisky but ............ Germans prefer beer.
9........... silver is one of the heaviest metals.
Q5. Complete the following exercise using a/an/the/X (no
article) in the underlined spaces where appropriate. Change
capital letters to lower case letters at the beginning of a
sentence if necessary.
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 Tchaikovsky’s
1812 overture [a long piece of music] in one breath on (17) ___ recorder.
She has been (18) ___ detective for thirty years and claims that although
many people think that being (19) ___ detective is (20) ___ piece of cake,
detectives generally work very hard and it’s not all 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.
Q6. Fill in the following spaces with the suitable Preposition.
1. I returned home after several years, and had not seen my parents
______ the day I left.
2. This book is not suitable ______ young children.
3. He was much annoyed ______ the bank-notes turning out to be false.
4. My eyes were so full ______ dust, that I could not distinguish one thing
______ another.
5. I cannot at present decide ______ the matter definitely.
6. I cannot agree ______ you that such a precaution is necessary.
7. It would be foolish to work ______ such a manner.
8. He threw a stone ______ me and hit me ______ the nose.
9. The ship was completely ______ the mercy of the waves.
10. What is useless is dear ______ any price.
11. The shop is open _____ 9 a.m. _____ 9 p.m. _____ weekdays.
12. Mary is very punctual. She is always _____ time for her
appointments.
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