articles exercise
Exercise (B)
Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (×) where an article is not needed.
1.A library is (a) ___ part and parcel of (b) ____ education institution. It is (c) ___ unique place where books of different subjects are kept for (d) ____ reading. It enables (e) ___ readers to read books of their choice that create (f) ___ enthusiasm for learning. Students should pay (g) ___ visit to (h) ___ library regularly. They can borrow books for (i) ___ certain period and return them after (j) ___ given time.
2.Money cannot buy (a) ___ happiness. Money is (b) ___ must for our life. But it is nit (c) ___ necessary to bring our happiness. Happiness is absolutely (d) ___ psychological thing. It is (e) ___ name of (f) ___ feeling. It means (g) ___ contentment of the mind. He who is satisfied with what he gets and content with his life is (h) ___ really happy one. Happiness can’t be purchased with (i) ___ money. No doubt, money has got something to do with (j) ___ happiness, but it cannot give us happiness.
3.Patriotism is a noble (a) ___ virtue. It inspires (b) ___ man to shed last drop of blood to defend the freedom of his (c) ___ country. (d) ___ man without patriotism is no better than (e) ___ beast. A true patriot is honoured by (f) ___ all. He thinks for (g) ___ welfare of his country. On (h) ___ other hand (i) ___ unpatriotic man thinks only of his own interest. Those who die for (j) ___ country are true patriots.
4.Our life is (a) ___ sum total of hours, days and years. But all days are not equally memorable to us. Most of (b) ___ days are forgotten with (c) ___ passage of time. Only (d) ___ few of these days remain over fresh in our memory. My (e) ___ first day at school is such (f) ___ day. It is fresh in my mind even now. When I was (g) ___ boy of six, my father proposed that I should be admitted into (h) ___ school in (i) ___ class. I felt (j) ___ both joy and delight.
5.Unemployment is (a) ___ great social evil. All (b) ___ able-bodied persons in a society should be engaged in any occupations. (c) ___ unemployed man has to lead a vagabond life. Life becomes (d) ___ curse and burden to him. He has (e) ___ idles brain which very soon becomes (f) ___ devil’s workshop. There are many reasons of (g) ___ unemployment in our country. Bangladesh is not (h) ___ industrialized country. The mills and factories that we have, can give employment to (i) ___ limited number of people. Similar is the case with (j) ___ agriculture.
6.Punctuality is of great value to (a) ___ student, (b) ___ unpunctual boy who is late in (c) ___ class will miss (d) ___ part of his lesson and fall (e) ___ behind other students. But (f) ___ punctual student will learn his lesson in (g) ___ time and do well in (h) ___ examination. Punctuality is (i) ___ key to success in life. We all should be (j) ___ punctual in our activates.
7.Dowry means property or money brought by a bride to her (a) ___ husband. During marriage ceremony (b) ___ section of greedy people claim much wealth or money from (c) ___ guardians of the birders. (d) ___ poor illiterate girls become (e) ___ victim’s dowry. If (f) ___ guardians fail to fulfill (g) ___ demand of (h) ___ bridegroom, the birders are maltreated. So, the poor cannot think of marriage their daughters. It is (i) ___social curse. This curse can be eliminated by changing the outlook of people specially the male (j) ___ members.
8.Journey is always (a) ___ pleasure to me. Wherever I go on a journey my heart leaps with (b) ___ joy. But (c) ___ journey by boat gives me (d) ___ greatest pleasure. Since Bangladesh is a land of (e) ___ Rivers, it is (f) ___ easy matter to make (g) ___ journey by boat. Whenever I get (h) ___ opportunity to make (i) ___ journey by boat. I make (j) ___ best use of the opportunity.
9.English is (a) ___ international language. We feel (b) ___ necessity of learning English at every step. This is (c) ___ only language of international overseas business, communication, co-operation and (d) ___ existence. It is essential to receive (e) ___ foreign degree or higher education. All (f) ___ good jobs need English knowledge persons. So every educated man should know how (g) ___ to communicate in English. To learn and develop (h) ___ skill of English especially for (i) ___ students is very important. No (j) ___ student should be ignorant of it.
10.The Great Ship Titanic sailed for New York from Southampton on April, 1912. At that time she was (a) _____ largest ship. (b) _____ tragic sinking of this great (c) _____ liner will always be remembered for she went down on her first voyage. Four days after sailing out, while it was sailing across (d) _____ icy (e) _____ waters of (f) _____ North Atlantic, (g) _____ huge ice berg was suddenly spotted. After (h) _____ alarn had been given (i) _____ great’s ship turned sharply to avoid (j) _____ collision.