Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi
12th English Grammar: Articles
Fill in the blanks with articles
1. My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was ___ old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for ___ twenty years that I had known her.
Answer: an, the
2. She said her morning prayer in ___ monotonous sing-song while she bathed and dressed me up. She used to wake me up in ___ morning and get me ready for school.
Answer: a, the
3. The priest taught us ___ alphabet and ___ morning prayer.
Answer: the, the
4. That was ___ turning-point in our friendship. Although we shared ___ same room, my grandmother no longer came to school with me.
Answer: a, the
5. I used to go to ___ English school in ___ motor bus.
Answer: an, a
6. There were no dogs in ___ streets and she took to feeding sparrows in ___ courtyard of our city house.
Answer: the, the
7. When I went for higher studies, I was given ___ room of my own. ___ common link of friendship was snapped.
Answer: a, The
8. ___ sparrows took no notice of ___ bread.
Answer: The, the
9. Soon after ___ Bangkok championship, I was selected in ___ 48kg category.
Answer: the, the
10. We were confined to ___ sports arena, but what little I saw was pleasing to ___ eye.
Answer: the, the
11. I was ___ only one in the team to get ___ medal.
Answer: the, a
12. On my return, Delhi gave me ___ warm welcome at ___ airport.
Answer: a, the
13. I was felicitated in Langol, ___ area that houses ___ government quarters.
Answer: an, the
14. That first international medal, ___ silver, will always mean ___ lot to me.
Answer: a, a
15. ___ fight and all that followed are clearly etched in ___ memory that can never be erased.
Answer: The, a
16. I wanted ___ job too, for that alone can bring long-term security and ___ steady income.
Answer: a, a
17. I had long dreamt of getting ___ government job through ___ sports quota, and it was finally fulfilled.
Answer: a, the
18. ___ medal haul continued after my marriage, putting ___ end to speculation among my family and friends around that particular topic.
Answer: The, an
19. I retained ___ world title in ___ Third World Women’s Boxing Championships at Podolsk in Russia, in 2005.
Answer: the, the
20. We were taken to ___ Bhagyachandra Open Air Theatre, where ___ grand reception was organised.
Answer: the, a
21. He can tell you what ___ weather was like in ___ long-past August and the name of the provincial hotel.
Answer: the, a
22. Is it wrong to tell you about ___ vile meal during ___ summer.
Answer: a, the
23. It is only ___ very methodical man, I imagine, who can always remember to take ___ medicine his doctor has prescribed for him.
Answer: a, the
24. ___ very prospect of ___ new and widely advertised cure-all delights me.
Answer: The, a
25. ___ commonest form of forgetfulness, I suppose, occurs in ___ matter of posting letters.
Answer: The, the
26. As for myself, anyone who asks me to post ___ letter is ___ poor judge of character.
Answer: a, a
27. After that, it has ___ unadventurous life till ___ long chain of circumstances leads to a number of embarrassing questions being asked.
Answer: an, a
28. I have ___ old-fashioned taste for them. I buy them frequently but no-sooner do I visit a friend’s house, another stick is on its way into ___ lost world.
Answer: an, the
29. I dare not carry ___ umbrella for fear of losing it. ___ ordinary man arrives at his destination with all his bags and trunks safe.
Answer: an, An
30. List of articles lost in trains during the year suggests that it is ___ young rather than ___ adult who forget things.
Answer: the, the
Glossary of Terms
To be kept or restricted within a certain place or limit.
An unroofed area that is completely or mostly enclosed by the walls of a large building.
A remedy or solution for all diseases or problems.
Engraved or impressed clearly. In memory, it means to be remembered very vividly.
To be formally congratulated for an achievement.
Done in an orderly, systematic, and careful way.
Dull, tedious, and repetitive; lacking in variety and interest.
Relating to the regions outside the capital city of a country, often seen as unsophisticated.
To continue to have something; to keep possession of.
Broken suddenly and completely, often with a sharp sound. In context, it means a connection was broken.
The forming of a theory or guess without firm evidence.
A reservation or allocation of positions (in jobs or education) for people who have excelled in sports.
A time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results.
Lacking excitement or risk; dull.
Extremely unpleasant or morally bad.
Having small lines or folds, typically on the skin due to age or on fabric.