1st PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS ARTICULATION ARTICLES

 

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