Question

Complete the following poems by inserting articles:

(a)
There was ___ old man from Cochin.
He had___ leg made of tin.
When he went for ___ walk,
You just couldn’t talk
Because ___ leg made ___ terrible din.


(b)
There were three young
men from Dehradun.
They flew round the world in ___ balloon.
___ balloon started to fall
over ___ great China Wall.
___ unlucky three men
who grew very frightened,
Tied themselves with ___ rope.
This they did with ___ hope
That live or depart they would not part.
So thought
___ three men from Dehradun.

Answer 1

Articles : a, an, the

Here

'The' is definite articles and 'a' and 'an' are indefinite articles.

Answer :

(a)  

There was an old man from Cochin.  

He had a leg made of tin.  

When he went for a walk,  

You just couldn’t talk  

Because the leg made a terrible din.  

(b)

There were three young

men from Dehradun.

They flew round the world in a balloon.  

The balloon started to fall

over the great China Wall.  

The unlucky three men

who grew very frightened,  

Tied themselves with a rope.

This they did with a hope

That live or depart they would not part.

So thought  

the three men from Dehradun.

Answer 2

Answer:

a) There was an old man from Cochin .

He had a leg made of tin

When he went for a walk

You just couldn't talk

Because the leg made a terrible din.

b) There were three young men from Dehradun.

They flew around the world in a balloon The balloon started to fall over

The great China Wall

The unlucky three men who grew very frightened

Tied themselves with a rope

This did with a hope

That live order part they would not part

So thought the three men from Dehradun.