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Omission of the article

We do not use any articles

1. with names of people, states, countries, mountains. For example,

y The mountaineers conquered Mount Everest.

y He stays in Paris.

2. with plurals and uncountable nouns when they don’t refer to any specific thing.
For example,

y I had bread and butter for breakfast. y He writes novels.
y She likes chocolates.

But,
y The breakfast I had yesterday was tasty.

y The chocolates she gave me are very expensive.

y The novels that I bought last week were very interesting.

A. Fill in the blanks with a or an.

1. blue whale can weigh upto 200 tonnes.

2. Vivek wants to buy a cricket bat and tennis racquet.

3. The judge wanted answer from the lawyer.

4. The judge wanted final answer from the police.

5. Mother Teresa was like angel. She helped many people.

6. My father has football made of glass, and old picture of
his grandfather in his office.

7. I wish I could see unicorn.

8. If you eat orange or lemon a day, you can protect

yourself from getting cold.

B. Fill in the blanks with correct articles.

1. I don’t remember last time I saw my friend. It may have been during

summer holidays. He was wearing red shirt. It matched

red shoes he was wearing.

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