Article Exercise 4

Insert Articles (a, an, the) and cross (x) where no Article should be used :

1.      ............ death of ............ leader caused ............great loss to ............. nation.

2.      ...............chairman and .............managing director is coming.

3.      ...............man is .............. social being.

4.      She has bought ............red and ...........white scarf.

5.      .............Netherlands is .............developed country.

6.      ...............United States lies in ............North America.

7.      ...........more you work, .............more you earn.

8.      She is ..................most interesting girl in our college.

9.      Have you seen ..............book which I got as a gift.

10.   .............Amar Ujala is published from several cities.

11.   ..............computer has changed ..............world like never before.

12.   ..................dinner has been arranged at ................Maurya Sheraton.

13.   He is .............taller of two brothers.

14.   I have read only ................first chapter of this book.

15.   ...............thing of beauty is joy forever.

16.   ...............action should be taken against the erring official.

17.   ..................wealthy should be charitable.

18.   ...............developed countries should come to .............aid of poor countries.

19.   Of India and China, which country is ............more powerful?

20.   ..............ideal student works for perfection of her work.

21.   Have you seen ...............player as professional as Sunita.

22.   I love to write at fifty words ............hour.

23.   We are all admirers of ...........way she works.

24.   ...............nature of ............old woman is peevish.

25.   .............nature has bestowed several gifts on us.

26.   He is ..............heir to the king's throne.

27.   .................Quran is ...............holy book of ............Muslims.

28.   For .............latest news, better go online.

29.   That man in ............red shirt is .............brother of my friend.

30.   She is ...............better nurse than ..........clerk.

31.   Shakespeare is famous as .............poet and .............dramatist.

32.   ............. wooden and ...............steel cupboard looks pretty.

33.   It is not good to make ...............noise in the class.

34.   Do you go to ..................office to work?

35.   .................Congress is seeing its decline.

36.   There are ............fish and ...............crab in the aquarium.

37.   She rode .............bicycle to school.

38.   She is ................MBBS doctor.

39.   Dr. Neel did his doctorate after .............LLB.

40.   Mohan was ...............principal of that rural school.

41.   ..............bird in hand is worth two in ...........bush.

42.   She speaks like .................fool.

43.   I don't like ............ sort of ...............person he is.

44.   Can you accompany me for .............walk?

45.   He rose to be ...............successful engineer.

46.   She invited me to .............dinner.

47.   She invited me to ..............dinner at Nancy's.

48.   We need .............paper to write.

49.   ................children of all, ..........rich or ..........poor, should study in .........same school.

50.   What is ..........matter with you?

51.   .............. missile hit him on ...........back.

52.   He went .............home early.

53.   Mayur is returning from ............school.

54.   Where is ............toy-car my uncle gave me?

55.   She sat down on ............sofa and put on ...........television.

56.   They are .............man and wife.

57.   She has got ..............headache out of ..............great noise.

58.   Please wait for me, I shall be back in ............minute.

59.   She works as ............typist in .............company I work.

60.   Everybody cannot be .............Tendulkar.

 

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