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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks with a or an where necessary:

   1. How many months are there in _________ year?
   2. _________ horse runs very fast.
   3. Chilka is __________ lake.
   4. She is __________ manager in supermarket.
   5. _________ ant is ________ insect.
   6. This is _________ easy sum.
   7. My brother wants to become __________ engineer.
   8. She is ____________ actress.
   9. _______ swan is swimming slowly and gracefully.
   10. We sat round ________ oval shaped table.
2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks with a, an or the:

   1. ____________ university is no place for _________ lazy.
   2. Yesterday I saw ________ one-eyed  man crossing ________ road.
   3. Mount Everest is _________ highest mountain in ________ world.
   4. Rajdhani Express was ________ hour late on ________ third of March.
   5. ________ Andamans  are ________ group of islands in ________ Bay of Bengal.
   6. ________ rich get richer and _________ poor get poorer if ________ economy of ________ country is not properly managed.
   7. Kalidas is ___________ Shakespeare of India.
   8. ________ Punjab is __________ border State.
   9. __________ teacher took _________ history book and ________ English book out of __________drawer.
   10. He is ___________ honourable man.
   11. She is _________Indian, and he is ________ European.
   12. ________ earth revolves round ___________ sun.
   13. This is ___________ most interesting book on ________ history of English language.
   14. _________egg _________ day keeps _________ doctor away.
   15. He met with _________ accident. He lost _________ purse and ________ watch in _________ accident.
3. 3.

   In the following sentences Articles have been wrongly left out. Put them where they are required and rewrite the sentences:

   1. She turned to left.
   2. His father is man of honour.
   3. Pran is tallest of all of us.
   4. I like to live in airy room.
   5. Tiger is native of Asia.
   6. Mother reads Ramayana every evening.
   7. Wheat grows in Punjab.
   8. We shall reach school half hour.
4. 4.

   Correct the following:

   1. The cloth is sold by a metre.
   2. I saw boy swimming in the lake.
   3. He showed courage worthy of hero.
   4. Why do they work at the night?
   5. Have you ever seen lion?
   6. The Mount Everest is the highest peak.
   7. She works by the da and sleeps by the night
   8. Man cannot live by the bread alone.
   9. They travelled by the land.
   10. The news was published in Hindustan Times.