ENG2: ARTICLES ASSIGNMENT

2. Copper is———- useful metal.

2……………. Ganga is………………sacred river.

3. You are ………………fool to say that.
4. Yesterday………………………….European called at my office.
5. Do you see…………………………….blue sky?

1. Add the, to each blank space if necessary. If the is not necessary, write out a sentence without the space

1._________ Kwame is very fond of _______ cakes.

2. We gave ________ Portuguese_____ land they asked for.
3. It is well known that ________ insects bring _______ diseases.
4. Among_________ diseases which are common in hot countries, none is better known than _______ malaria.
5. One of the most useful things to_____ farming is __________ plough.
6. All over the world________ farmers use __________ ploughs.
7. We can get _________ salt from _______ sea water.
8. In winter, _________ surface of the Baltic sea turns to _______ ice.
9. He gave________ money he earned to ________ poor.
10. He used to collect_____ butterflies because he liked____colours of their wings.
11. In some parts of ________ country, chief wears a crown.
12. I admired_________ honesty of ________ report he made.
13. He laughed_________ Ireland and ___ Irish.
14. It was _______ American, Thomas Alva Edison, who invented_____ gramophone.
15. _______ modern gramophones and _________ gramophone records are not like

Edison‘s.

1. Insert a, an or some in the blank spaces.
2. Okot asked me for ————- advice, but then rejected it.
3. She told her son to go and buy ————— firewood in the market.
4. ―Can you give me ——————– accurate information, please?
5. The old man leant forward and put ———— piece of firewood on the fire.
6. Sarah wanted to buy —————– loaf of bread, but the baker had sold out.
7. After Mr. and Mrs. Ofwono had moved into their flat, they went and bought ———– furniture.
8. As the lorry neared the top of a hill, ————– sack of charcoal fell off.
9. When I was young my grandmother gave me ——–piece of advice that I have always found very helpful.
10. The old man was burdened with ————- huge bundle of firewood.
11. ―That is —————-attractive piece of furniture!‖ She said, looking admiringly at their new armchair.

1. Insert a, an or the where necessary in the gaps in the following passage.

……(1)… day before yesterday I went shopping. There is ….(2)….. bus which goes from near my house to ….(3)….main market of …(4)…. town, but as I was not in …(5)… hurry, I went on …(6)… foot. On …..(7)….way …(8)… Small boy tried to sell me.

……(9)……magazine, but as he didn‘t have …(10)… change, I couldn‘t buy it…(11)..…first shop I went to was …(12)..… butcher‘s. There are over twenty butchers in our town, but now I always go to ……(13)…… same one. His prices are …(14)… last year‘s I tried several others but I found …(15).. few could compete with him. In this shop

I bought …(16)… kilo of beef and ……(17)……chicken.

I next went and bought …(18)….vegetables we needed for …(19)….coming week ….(20)….owner of….(21)….shop and offered me…(22)…cup of …(23).…coffee. We talked about …(24)…..latest news; there had been…(25)…..earthquake in…(26)…..Congo and he was….(27)…..most concerned because….(28)…..relation of his was working in ….(29)…..area as…(30)… doctor…(31)… earthquake had destroyed two hospitals.

After we had chatted for ….(32)….few minutes, I went home and had ……(33)……lunch with my family.