Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article.
1. We walked across ………………….. ice. (a / an / the)
2. They live just across …………………… border. (a / an / the)
3. While you were reading ………………… paper, I was cooking lunch. (a / an / the)
4. When I was ………………….. child, I lived in Kerala. (a / an / the)
5. I waited for ………………….. hour but he didn’t come. (a / an / the)
6. This is …………………. fifth time you have asked …………………… same question. (a / an / the)
7. The door bell rang when I was having ……………………. bath. (a / an / the)
8. I still remember ……………………. day I first met him. (a / an / the)
9. Be ………………….. good boy and just sit down. (a / an / the)
10. You can’t go to ……………………. party. (a / an / the)
11. ………………….. storm forced us to cancel ………………………. picnic.
12. It took me …………………….. while to understand his true motives.
Answers
1. We walked across the ice.
2. They live just across the border.
3. While you were reading the paper, I was cooking lunch.
4. When I was a child, I lived in Kerala.
5. I waited for an hour but he didn’t come.
6. This is the fifth time you have asked the same question.
7. The door bell rang when I was having a bath.
8. I still remember the day I first met him.
9. Be a good boy and just sit down.
10. You can’t go to the party.
11. The storm forced us to cancel the picnic.
12. It took me a while to understand his true motives.
