Thursday, 1 August 2019

Ch. 11 – Articles

A. Read the following poem and fill in the missing words.
________ apple is ________ red fruit,
It tastes crisp and sweet,
They say it keeps ________ doctor away,
It’s better than veggies and meat.
________ grape is one in ________ bunch of them,
________ round bottle of heaven,
Every time I get my hand on some,
I like to grab six or seven!
Fruits and desserts from nature,
They keep you fit and healthy,
If every dish tasted like them,
All ________ kids would be so happy!

B. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.
1. I want ________ apple from that basket.
2. ________ Church on the corner is progressive.
3. I borrowed ________ pencil from your pile of pencils and pens.
4. One of ________ students said, ‘________ professor is late today’.
5. I bought ________ umbrella to go out in ________ rain.
6. My daughter is learning to play ________ violin at her school.
7. Please give me ________ cake that is on ________ counter.
8. ________ ink in my pen is red.

C. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’.

________ Bear and ________ Bees
________ Aesop Fable

________ bear came across ________ log near ________ apple tree here ________ swarm of bees had nested to make their honey. As he snooped around, ________ single little bee flew out of the log to protect ________ swarm. ________ bee knew ________ bear would get angry if it were disturbed and ________ single bee is no match for ________ angry bear. But afraid that ________ bear would eat all ________ honey, ________ little bee stung him sharply on ________ nose and flew back into ________ log. ________ bear flew into ________ angry rage. He swatted at ________ log with his big claws, determined to destroy ________ nest of bees inside. This only alerted ________ bees and  quick as ________ wink, ________ entire swarm of bees flew out of the log and began to sting ________ bear from head to heel. The bear saved himself by running and diving into ________ nearby pond.

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