Part 2 (1/2)

[9] ”Foundations,” pp 34-39

EXERCISE VI

_Insert the proper article (”a,” ”an,” or ”the”) in each blank place in the following, if an article is needed; if no article is needed, leave the place blank_:--

1 I began to suffer from ---- want of food

2 There are two articles, the definite and ---- indefinite

3 He did not say what kind of ---- horse he wanted to buy

4 Did Macaulay die of ---- heart disease?

5 Nouns have two nuular and ---- plural

6 ---- third and ---- fourth page are to be learned

7 ---- third and ---- fourth pages are to be learned

8 Many naues

9 This is a curious species of ---- rose

10 Study carefully ---- first and ---- second chapters

11 A black and ---- white boy alking together

12 ---- violet is my favorite flower; ---- robin, my favorite bird

13 There is an impenetrable veil between ---- visible and ---- invisible world

14 ---- lion is ---- king of beasts

15 Thackeray was a greater writer than ---- artist Thackeray was greater as ---- writer than as ---- artist

16 The bank closed its doors froiver, but ---- gift

18 ---- whole is greater than any of its parts

19 He is entitled to the name of ---- scholar

20 I do not use that sort of ---- pen

21 In ---- eather you do not need so many wraps as in ---- cold weather

22 The Queen conferred on Tennyson the title of ---- baron

23 It does not matter what kind of ---- man is appointed

24 It is found in both ---- old and ---- new editions

25 The fourth and ---- fifth verse

26 The fourth and ---- fifth verses

27 Abrahaood man

28 ---- families of ---- strikers are sadly in ---- need of food

29 Here are two bottles, ---- one empty, ---- other full of ---- red liquid

30 Ariel had ---- power to control ---- sea

31 Evangeline travelled far in ---- search of Gabriel