EXERCISE-1 Fill in the blanks with a/an/the/x:
1. She is ............ untidy girl.2. She scored ............ highest marks in the examination.
3. April is ............ fourth month of the year.
4. Sunil, ............ watchman of our colony, has gone ............ home.
5. Which is ............ nearest railway station from here ?
6. ............ Ganga is ............ sacred river for ............ Hindus.
7. Let's discuss ............ problem seriously.
8. I first saw ............ Himalayas ............ year ago but I have not climbed ............ Mount Everest.
9. I was driving my bike at 60 km ............ hour.
10. ............ sky is overcast.
11. He is ............ poorest boy of the class.
12. I bought ............ pen, ............inkpot and ............ pencil.
13. Don't make ............ noise.
14. Draw ............ map of India.
15. ............ dog is ............ animal.
EXERCISE-2 Fill in the blanks with a/an/the/x.
1. ............ old and ............ young should live together.2. He turned on ............ television.
3. I have got ............ cold.
4. Most of ............ students were absent from ............ class.
5. ............ tiger is ............ fierce animal.
6. ............ honesty is ............ best policy.
7. ............ more one has, ............ more one wants.
8. Kalidas is ............ Shakespeare of India.
9. Please open ............ window.
10. Where is ............ pen I bought last week?
11. What is ............ matter?
12. I am fond of ............ tea with ............ milk.
13. Mr Sinha is ............ M.A. in ............ English.
14. Open ............ book and read ............ passage.
15. After ............ year or two ............ question can be answered.
EXERCISE-3 Fill in the blanks with a/an/the/x.
1. ............ Englishmen speak............English.2. Gold is............useful metal.
3. ............ hunter saw ............ bird in ............ tree.
4. Can ............ blind see ?
5. Sri Lanka is to ............ South of India.
6. ............ cow is ............ useful animal.
7. June is ............ hottest month of ............ year.
8. I shall be back in ............ hour.
9. Ram and Sita were ............ husband and wife.
10. Do you like ............ sugar in ............ tea?
11. I wrote to ............ father for ............ money.
12. Are you going to England by ............ sea or by ............ air?
13. I saw ............. nest of ............ owl on ............ tree.
14. Go and buy ............ half ............ kilo of sugar.
15. ............ donkeys are ............ stupid animals.
EXERCISE-4 Fill in the blanks with many/much
1. She hasn't learnt ............ lessons yet.2. How ............ friends are coming to the party?
3. How ............ milk do you want to have?
4. Did you like ............ sugar in coffee ?
5. ............ students attended the function.
6. There are not ............ temples in our town.
7. Were there ............ friends in the party?
8. Hurry up ! We haven't got ............ time.
9. I travel a lot. I have been to ............ countries.
10. There isn't ............ milk in this cup.
EXERCISE-5 Fill in the blanks with 'few/a few/the few / little/a little/the little:
1. He has only ............ friends.2. ............ friends he has are really faithful to him.
3. A poor man has ............ money to waste.
4. There is ............ work left to complete.
5. ............ work left yesterday has been completed.
6. It is the end of the month, but I still have ............ rupees left.
7. We have ............ trees in our school. 8. He is very busy. He has ............ time to watch TV.
9. The lady has ............ ornaments to give.
10. We dropped the idea to visit Delhi as we had ............ money.
Answer Key:
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Exercise–2
1. The, the 2. the 3. a 4. the, the 5. A, a 6. x, the 7. The, the 8. the 9. the 10. the 11. the 12. x, x 13. an, x 14. the, the 15. an, the.
Exercise–3
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Exercise–4
1. many 2. many 3. much 4. much 5. Many 6. many 7. many 8. much 9. many 10. much.
Exercise–5
1. a few 2. The few 3. little 4. a little 5. The little 6. a few 7. a few 8. little 9. a few 10. little.x