VIII. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE ARTICLES
1. Gold is —————— precious metal.
2. Brutus is —————— honorable man.
3. ——————- reindeer is a native of Norway.
4. Honest men always speak ——————- truth.
5. John is —————— young boy.
6. Banaras is ——————- holy city of the Hindus.
7. He returned home after ——————- hour.
8. —————— school will shortly close for the Christmas holidays.
9. ——————— sun sheds his beams on the rich and the poor alike.
10. He died —————- year ago.
11. ——————- lion is the king of beasts.
12. Who is ——————– girl standing at the gate.
13. Which is —————— longest river in the Americas?
14. London is ——————– very costly place to live in.
15. The children found —————– egg in the nest.
16. She is ———————- intelligent girl.
17. English is —————— language of the people of England.
18. We discussed ——————– matter seriously.
19. Man, thou art ——————— wonderful animal.
20. India is one of ——————– most populous countries in the world.
Answers
Answer:
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Answers:
1. Gold is a precious metal.
2. Brutus is an honorable man.
3. The reindeer is a native of Norway.
4. Honest men always speak the truth.
5. John is a young boy.
6. Banaras is the holy city of the Hindus.
7. He returned home after an hour.
8. The school will shortly close for the Christmas holidays.
9. The sun sheds his beams on the rich and the poor alike.
10. He died an year ago.
11. The lion is the king of beasts.
12. Who is the girl standing at the gate?
13. Which is the longest river in the Americas?
14. London is a very costly place to live in.
15. The children found an egg in the nest.
16. She is an intelligent girl.
17. English is the language of the people of England.
18. We discussed the matter seriously.
19. Man, thou art a wonderful animal.
20. India is one of the most populous countries in the world.
Articles:
Articles is one among the parts of speech which helps us to specify nouns. For unspecific nouns, the indefinite articles a and an are used and to denote specific nouns that were already mentioned earlier, the definite article the is used.
The usage of the indefinite articles depend upon the pronunciation of the words. For those words with vowel pronunciation and commonly starts with that start with letters a, e, i, o, u, the article "an" is used (there are exceptional cases) and for those words with consonantal pronunciation, the article "a" is used.