1st
PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS ARTICULATION ARTICLES
ARTICLES
A)
Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’:
1)
He is the youngest son in the
family.
2) Anu is looking for a job.
3) Could you close the door,
please?
4) Anil is an optician.
5) Dr. Shankar is a dentist.
6) My friend is an M.L.A.
7) Raju is in the class.
8) Have you ever visited the
Andaman Islands?
9) Please bring a kilogram of
apples.
10) Mara did not have any teeth on the
right side of his mouth.
B) Choose the correct option:
1) Do
you enjoy listening to……..?
a) music b)
the music
Ans: a) music
2) My
brother speaks……..
a) the French b)
French
Ans: b) French
3) I
spent my childhood in ……..
a) Bangalore b)
the Bangalore
Ans: a) Bangalore
4) We
are skiing in ……..
a) Alps b)
the Alps
Ans: b) the Alps
5) The
sun rises in………….
a) the east b)
east
Ans: a) the east
C)
Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ wherever necessary. If no article is
necessary put an ‘X’ in the blanks:
i) An
old pilgrim was making his way to the
Himalayan Mountains in the cold of winter. When it began to rain, he went to an inn. The innkeeper said to him, “How will you ever get there in
this kind of weather, my good man?” The
old man answered cheerfully, “My heart got there first, so it’s easy for the rest of me to follow”.
ii) Once upon a
time an elephant made friends
with a a man. One day a heavy thunderstorm broke out. The elephant went to his friend
who had a little hut at the edge of a forest and asked for help.
iii) A
farmer-owned a piece of land
in a village. He grew paddy
on it. He got some bags of paddy. He took ten bags of paddy to the market in his bullock cart.
On the way two bags fell on the road. the farmer tried to put the
bags into the cart. He could
not lift the bags. An elderly gentleman came that
way. He helped the farmer to put the bags
on the cart. The farmer thanked the gentleman for his help.
D) Match the following
1) Raghu is an a) silk sari
2) Sharda is in a b)
tennis
3) That pop-star is playing the c) a kilo
4) Bopanna plays d)
honest man
5) Fish sells at Rs. 10/- e)
violin now
f) the kilo
Ans:
1) Raghu is an – honest man
2) Sharda is in a – silk sari
3) That pop-star is playing the –violin now
4) Bopanna plays – tennis
5) Fish sells at Rs. 10/- - a kilo
