1. ..........old man wanted to see you in the morning.
2. John built ...yard for his cattle.
3. She ate only ...... orange for her breakfast.
4. My grandmother told me...... story.
5. Mr. Nautiyal bought ....... new car.
6. My son is.......M. A from Agra University.
7. Rohan is ........ intelligent son of........poor farmer.
8. Neha lodged ........ F.I.R. against the cheat.
9. Pass me ........ slice of bread.
10. Rita has gone on ........ months’ vacation.
11. Tangor is ........ small village.
12. Visitors can meet the patient only twice........day.
13. There was .......elephant in the field.
14. Safa made ......... error of judgement.
15. He was late by ...... hour for the meeting.
16. Sompa has ....... interest in acting.
17. Sayma’s brother is ........engineer in .........reputed company.
18. There is .........eucalyptus tree near my house.
19. She is .... honorary secretary of the club.
20. We met ...... European girl in Rishikesh.
1. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles: Put a cross for
zero article.
Yesterday while I was going to Comilla by (a) ___ bus, I saw (b) ___ elderly lady
carrying (c) ___ huge bag and (d) ___ umbrella struggling to get on to (e) ___ bus.
She would not let anyone carry her bag. I invited her to take (f) ___ seat next to mine.
She took the seat and thanked me.
2. Always speak (a) ___ truth. Never tell (b) ___ lie. Nobody believes (c) ___ liar.
Even if he is (d) ___ truthful he is considered to be (e) ___ liar. Nobody in (f) ___
world is as unfortunate as he.
3. Each and every student wants to make a good result. But it is not (a) ___ easy task.
(b) ___ student has to do something for this. From (c) ___ very beginning he must be
very serious. He should read (d) ___ texts again and again. He must not make (e) ___
notes from (f) ___ common source.
4: We live in an age of (a) ___ science. Newspaper is (b) ___ wonder of modern
science. Newspaper is (c) ___ paper which carries news of (d) ___ whole world. It is
such (e) ___ important thing that we cannot go (f) ___ single day without it.
5. A few days ago, I enjoyed (a) ___ interesting football (b) ___ match. It was played
between (c) ___ top two teams, Argentina and Germany. On (d) ___ day of the match,
I went to (e) ___ Stadium quite early. I stood in the line and bought (f) ___ ticket.
6. Mr. Karim is an English (a) ___ teacher. He is (b) ___ M.A. in English. He serves in
(c) ___ famous institution. He tries to lead (d) ___ honest life. He is (e) ___ most
favourite teacher (f) ___ to the student.
7. A true friend is (a) ___ asset. He stands by his friend in time of (b) ___ danger.
Normally he is not (c) ___ greedy person. He always wishes for (d) ___ welfare of his
friend. But it is (e) ___ matter of fact that (f) ___ ideal friend is very rare today.
8. (a) ___ ant is an industrious (b) ___ insect. No other insect is as industrious like (c)
___ ant. If we open (d) ___ pages of history, we shall see that (e) ___ men who have
become great in (f) ___ world were industrious.
9. Dhaka is (a) ___ capital of Bangladesh. It is (b) ___ old city. People of different
communities live in (c) ___ city. Their ways of life are (d) ___ quite different. So,
their occupations are not (e) ___ same. Most of the people lead (f) ___ very hard life
here.
10. A library is (a) ___ collection of books of various kinds. (b) ___ word 'library'
comes from the Latin word 'Libre' which means (c) ___ book. In the ordinary sense,
we know, library means (d) ___ house where books are kept for use by the readers. It
is (e) ___ important temple of wisdom. (f) ___ "British Library" is the biggest one in
the world.
11. Patriotism is a noble (a) ___ virtue. It inspires a man to shed last drop of blood to
defend (b) ___ freedom of his country. (c) ___ man without patriotism is not better
than (d) ___ beast. A true patriot is honored by all. He thinks for (e) ___ welfare of his
country. On (f) ___ other hand, an unpatriotic man thinks only his own interest.
12. Self-control makes (a) ___ man morally sound and sober which is at (b) ___ root
of all virtues. Without it a man becomes worse than (c) ___ animal for a time being. It
forms (d) primary basis of the individual character. (e) ___ exercise of self-
discipline, self-respect and self-control makes a man pure and (f) ___ simple, good
and great.
13. A few days ago, I enjoyed (a) ___ interesting football (b) ___ match. It was played
between (c) ___ top two teams, Abahani and Mohammedan. On (d) ___ day of the
match I went to (e) ___ stadium quite early. I stood in the line and bought (f) ___
ticket.