Articles- Some Exercises of Articles
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This document contains a series of exercises focused on the correct use of articles in the English language, designed to enhance understanding and application of grammatical rules. Each exercise presents sentences where participants must fill in the appropriate articles or mark where no article is needed. The document appears to be educational material likely intended for English language learners.
Articles- Some Exercises of Articles
- 1. Md. Abdul Kader Lecturer Department of English Cambrian College Mobile: +8801715447430 Email : has83abdulkader@gmail.com Welcome to all of you English Grammar Article Exercises
- 2. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 2 In this presentation, you will find some exercises on articles which will enhance you ability to use articles correctly.
- 3. Exercise -1 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Tea is a drink. It is also (a)___ refreshing drink. The preparation of tea is a long b)____but interesting process. c)____ water is first boiled in (d)______ kettle and (e)___ desired quantity of (f) ___ tea dust is put in it. After (g) ___ few minutes (h)___ boiled leaves are separated from (i)___ liquor. Then the liquor is poured into (j) ___ cup and some milk and sugar are mixed with it. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 3
- 4. Exercise -2 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Bangladesh is (a)_____ world’s most densely populated country. Our development efforts are frustrated because of (b)______ great size of our population. (c)_____ population explosion is (d)____ constant threat to our environment and (e)____ society. Her population is growing at such (f)_____ high rate that (g)_____ environment may soon fail to supply (h)_____ people with their minimum necessities. It is indeed (i) _____ alarming situation. Something should be done to change (j) ______situation. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 4
- 5. (a) ____ morning walk is a good habit for all classes of people. It is (b) ______ simple exercise and good for health and (c) _____ mentality. In the morning, (d)_____ air is fresh and free from any kind of noise and pollution. This pure (e) _____ environment makes an effect on (f)_____ walker’s health and mind, when (g)______ man enjoys (h)______ beauties and solemnity of (i) _____ nature in (j) _____ morning. Exercise -3 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 5
- 6. Exercise -4 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : a) ____ 16th December is b) _____ red letter day in the history of Bangladesh. On this day, we achieved c)____ freedom at the cost of d)_____ bloody battle and Bangladesh came into e)_____ being and made a place in f)_____ world map as g)____ independent country. Every year this day is celebrated in h)____ enthusiastic atmosphere. We remember i)_____ great sacrifice of our heroic sons who died for this country. We also pay j)_____ great tribute to them. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 6
- 7. Exercise -5 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : (a) _____ honest boy is he who never tells a lie. He carries out (b)______ orders of his parents. He has (c)______ aim in life. He develops (d)______ attitude to serve his nation. He is (e) _____active worker who upholds (f)_____ interest of his nation above everything. He thinks that he has (g)______ role to play in all matters. We cordially except such (h) _____ boy to change (i)_____ selfish motive of (j)_____ people. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 7
- 8. Exercise -6 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : ½ x 10=5 It is (a)____known fact that English is (b)___ international language. (c)____language used by international community is important. Statistics show that 350 million people speak English as (d) ____ first language and another 300 million use it as (e)____ second language, It is (f) ____ official language in more than 60 countries of the world. Once it was also (g)____ official language of our country. Most of (h) ____ books of science and technology are written in English. So (i) ____ importance of learning English beggars description. It is (j)____ must. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 8
- 9. Exercise -7 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Once upon (a)____ time there was (b) _____ king. His palace was surrounded by (c)_____ beautiful gardens. One day he fell ill. He called in (d)______ doctor. But (e)_____ doctor could not say what wrong was with him. More (f)_____ doctors were called. Finally they said that (g)_____ king could be healed if he wore (h)_____ shirt of (i) _____ happy man. (j)_____messengers were sent everywhere, but no happy man could be found. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 9
- 10. Exercise -8 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : There was (a)_____ idle man who inherited vast property from his father. He did not like physical labour. As (b)____ result, he became very fat and could not move from one place to another. He called in (c) _____ European doctor. (d)_____ doctor was very intelligent. He did not prescribe any medicine for (e) _____ man. He advised him to buy (f)_____ heavy club and move it in (g)_____ air till he got (h)_____ tired. Following the advice of the doctor, he became (i)_____ thin from (j)______obese man. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 10
- 11. Exercise -9 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Though newspaper is not always (a)___ unmixed blessing, it is (b)___ most useful thing in our life. We rarely think of (c) ___ day without reading (d)___ newspaper. Reading newspapers is one of (e)___good habits of a man. We shall be like (f)____frog in a dark well if we neglect developing this habit. However, some people prefer (g)____ electronic media to reading (h)____ newspaper. But (i)____ newspaper offers more to its readers than (j)____electronic media. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 11
- 12. Exercise -10 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : (a)____ ant is (b)___ industrious insect. Bees are also (c)_____ industrious insects. If we observe the life of (d)____ successful man, we will find that he is also (e)_____ industrious. (f) ___ industrious are appreciated by all. On the other hand, (g)____ idle are disliked by all. So, industry is (h)____ must to prosper in (j) ___ life. We all know that industry is the key to success and laziness leads us to (j) ____ misfortune. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 12
- 13. Exercise -11 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : You must have heard (a)___ name of Kazi Nazrul Islam. He is our national poet. He is known as (b)______ rebel poet. He was born in (c)___ poor family. He passed his boyhood in great hardship. When (d)___ First World War broke out, he joined (e)___ army. After (f)___ war, he began to write poems, He wrote specially for (g)___ oppressed and down trodden people. He is called (h)___ Shelley of Bengali literature. His poems and songs inspired (i) ___ Bangladesh in (j)____ war of liberation. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 13
- 14. Exercise -12 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : We know (a)____ man is (b)___ rational creature. It is (c)___ rationality in him which makes him (d)____ different species. He can differentiate between (e)____ right and (f) ___ wrong. This is why (g)___ man is considered (h)___ best creation of (i) ___ creator of (j)___ universe. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 14
- 15. Exercise -13 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : “Under the Greenwood Tree” is (a) ___ song derived from “As You Like it,” (b)___ comedy by Shakespeare. In this song (c)____ writer’s love of nature has found (d)___ eloquent expression, as has, as (e)___undertone, his deep concern for (f)___ limitations of (g)___ human society. In the forest (h)___ only enemy of man is bitter winter and rough weather. Nature has no particular enmity towards man and it treats all equally. The forest is the place for one who is content with (i)___ small pleasures of life and has (j)____ little ambition. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 15
- 16. Exercise -14 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Once you have completed (a)_____ initial diagnosis of your students, you are faced with selecting subject matter appropriate to their (b)______ interests, abilities, and personal-social adjustment as well as to your own teaching objectives. Frequently, (c)_____ selection and planning of content are not seen as integral (d)_____ parts of (e)_______ evaluation process. (f)____ techniques you select to evaluate how well you and your students have achieved your objectives are inextricably bound to (g) _____subject matter used to teach these objectives. In (h)_____ sense, you must evaluate (i)_____ subject-matter itself to (j)_____ determine if it is appropriate for your objectives. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 16
- 17. Exercise -15 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Today women are playing (a)_____ important role in all spheres of (b)____ life. They are no longer confined within (c) ____ four walls of the kitchen. They have come out of their cocoons and are working hand in hand with (d) ____ men. They are joining (e)____ wide range of professions and making a great (f)____ contribution to the economy. Now it has come to (g)____ realization of all that it is not possible to develop the country keeping women, (h)_____ large section of (i)_____ population, in (j)_____ dark. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 17
- 18. Exercise -16 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : At present Bangladesh faces (a)______ number of (b)_____ problems. Of all these problems (c)_____ population problem is (d)_____ most acute one. Population is undoubtedly (e)_____ great asset of (f)_____ country. But when (g)_____ country fails to feed and provide them with (h)_____ suitable jobs, they become (i) _____burden. Similar is (j)______ case with Bangladesh. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 18
- 19. Exercise -17 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : James Norman Hall was (a)_____ American writer. He wrote (b)_____ story about (c)_______ wonderful piece of business that took place between him and a farmer. While in (d)_____ Tahiti, he was short of (e)_____money and rented (f)_____ one room house about 22 kilometers from (g)_____ town. He was doing (h)_____ interesting writing there. To save money he wanted to make (i)______ vegetable garden in front of his house. But (j)_____ land was full of ants and land-crabs. They foiled all his attempts. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 19
- 20. Exercise -18 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Socrates believed that (a)_____ angry man was more of (b) _____ beast than human being. He had a wife who used to lose her temper on (c)_____ slightest excuse. One day (d)______ woman got more furious and began to insult him. He went out and sat on the door step of his (e)______ house. He looked out on the public (f)_____ street. The wife found that he was paying (g)______ least heed to her. So she began to pour hot water on (h) ______ head of Socrates. The passers-by were very amused at (i) ______ incident. They had not seen such (j)_____ incident before. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 20
- 21. Exercise -19 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : I live in (a) _____ Jigatola near (b)_____ Rifles Square, When I was (c)______ student of (d)_____University of Dhaka, stayed at Wari in (e)____ old Dhaka. Actually, it was in (f) _____ Bonogram Lane that originates from (g)______BCC Road, which is a branch of (h)_______ Renkin Street. (i)______ Bangabhaban and (j)_____ Baldha Garden are adjacent to this area. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 21
- 22. Exercise -20 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Providing enough energy to meet (a)_____ ever-increasing demand is one of (b)_____greatest problems (c)______ world is now facing. Energy is (d)_____ key to (e)________ industrialized economy, which calls for (f)_____doubling of electrical output every ten to twelve years. Meanwhile (g)_______ days of cheap, abundant and environmentally acceptable power may be coming to (h)_____ end. Coal is plentiful but polluting, natural gas is (i) _____ scarce, oil is not found everywhere. Nuclear power now appears (j)_____costly and risky. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 22
- 23. Exercise -21 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Childhood or boyhood is (a)_______ man’s formative period. During this period (b)____ child receives training from its mother. (c) ____ mother’s tender heart always looks to (d) ______ welfare and well- being of (e)_____child. If during this period (f)_____ mother tries to bring (g) ______ child up carefully and according to her (h)_____ best ideas, (i)______ child is sure to grow with its superiors, parents and teachers and love (j)_____ all irrespective of caste, creed and color. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 23
- 24. Exercise -22 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : We live on (a)_____ground floor of (b)______ old house on (c) _____ river kirtankhola. We are very much afraid of (d)_______ burglars and always lock up (e)_____ house very carefully before we go to (f)____ bed. We also take (g)_______ precaution of looking under (h)_____bed to see if (i) _____ burglar is hiding there. We know modern burglars do not hide under beds. But we go on looking just (j) _____ same. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 24
- 25. Exercise -23 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Cellular radio telephone, also called cellular telephone or cell phone provides voice telephone and other services to (a)___ mobile users. Cellular telephones primarily operate like portable or cordless telephones. However, unlike conventional wire-based cordless phones, cell phones are completely portable and do not require (b) ______ jack to access (c)______ wire-based networks operated by local telephone companies. (d)____ new generation of services for cell phones include video conferencing and (e)_____internet access with (f)______ ability to send e-mail. Cellular telephones have become very popular with (g)___ professionals and (h) _____ consumers as (i) _____way to communicate easily. It has been (j)___ alternative to conventional wire-based services. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 25
- 26. Exercise -24 Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) mark where in article is not needed : Long long ago (a)____ mirror was found in (b)____ paddy field by (c)___ old farmer. Neither this farmer nor anybody else in (d)___ area had ever seen a mirror. So, when (e)___ farmer looked into (f)___ mirror, he was surprised to see (g)____ man looking straight at him, Now, (h)___ farmer closely (i)____ resembled his father who had died many years ago. He thought that it was his father (j) ___ inside it and saluted him with love and respect. 7/31/2014Exercise of Articles 26