Question

E Read the story of a sage and a worm. Underline the correct articles in
the brackets.
One day (a/the) sage was walking down the road when he saw (a/the) worm
hurrying by. (A/The) sage looked down at (a/the) worm in surprise. "Where are
you going in such (a/an) rush?" the sage asked the little worm. (A/The) worm
looked over its shoulder fearfully. "I hear the rattle of chariots and the thunder of
pounding hooves. I'll be crushed to death if I don't hurry and get out of (a/the)
way. I don't want to exchange my happy life for death." (A/The) sage said, "What
happiness can you know as (a/the) worm? What do you know of (a/the) joys of
taste and touch and smell and sight, or the joy of knowledge or the pleasure of
dreams?” “O Sage, I enjoy my life as (a/the) worm. I enjoy things you don't and
you enjoy things I don't. Just because I don't like things you like, it doesn't mean
I'm not happy or that my life is meaningless. My life means (a/the) lot to me!"
(A/The) sage bowed humbly. (A/The) worm had turned out to be wiser!​

Answer 1

Articles

One day a sage was walking down the road when he saw a worm hurrying by. The sage looked down at the worm in surprise. "Where are you going in such a rush?" the sage asked the little worm. The worm looked over its shoulder fearfully. "I hear the rattle of chariots and the thunder of pounding hooves. I'll be crushed to death if I don't hurry and get out of the way. I don't want to exchange my happy life for death." The sage said, "What happiness can you know as a worm? What do you know of the joys of taste and touch and smell and sight, or the joy of knowledge or the pleasure of dreams?” “O Sage, I enjoy my life as a worm. I enjoy things you don't and you enjoy things I don't. Just because I don't like things you like, it doesn't mean I'm not happy or that my life is meaningless. My life means a lot to me!" The sage bowed humbly. The worm had turned out to be wiser!

• Note: Article is placed before the noun. Indefinite article a/ an are used before countable nouns. But definite article is restricted to denote certain nouns .

• Example: The earth, the sun etc.

Answer 2

Please note :

• The article a is used to determine a noun which begins with any alphabet (whether vowel or consonant)
• The article an is used to determine a noun which begins with a vowel
• The article the indicates a particular noun (mostly common nouns, abstract nouns, and collective nouns)

The correct articles have been chosen and the passage is given below sentence-wise as follows :-

One day, a sage was walking down the road when he saw a worm  hurrying by.

The sage looked down at the worm in surprise.

"Where are  you going in such a rush?", the sage asked the little worm.

The worm  looked over its shoulder fearfully. "I hear the rattle of chariots and the thunder of  pounding hooves. I'll be crushed to death if I don't hurry and get out of the way. I don't want to exchange my happy life for death."

The sage said, "What  happiness can you know as a worm? What do you know of the joys of  taste and touch and smell and sight, or the joy of knowledge or the pleasure of  dreams?”

“O Sage, I enjoy my life as a worm. I enjoy things you don't and  you enjoy things I don't. Just because I don't like things you like, it doesn't mean  I'm not happy or that my life is meaningless. My life means a lot to me!"

The sage bowed humbly. The worm had turned out to be wiser!​