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10. famous landmarks and buildings, works of art and monuments. For example,
the Victoria Memorial, the Gateway of India, the Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa.
11. with countries whose names contain words like kingdom, states or republic.
For example, the United States of America, the Kingdom of Nepal, the People’s
Republic of China.
12. with countries which have plural nouns as their names. For example,
the Netherlands, the Philippines.
13. when we use an adjective of quality as a noun. For example,
y The poor have many problems.
y She works for the downtrodden.
14. when we speak of musical instruments. For example,
y Ustad Amjad Ali Khan plays the sarod beautifully.
y Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma plays the santoor superbly.
A. Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.
1. We need engineer to fix the fault in the meter.
2. He visited White House in United States of America.
3. I got A+ for my project and I am very happy.
4. Sir, gentleman you are waiting for is in the hall. He is making
phone call.
5. This is man Rahul was talking about.
6. All her life she wanted to be air hostess but now she is
nurse.
7. Don’t forget to post letter I gave you.
8. earth has seven continents.
9. Rani went to China and saw Great Wall of China.
10. I have got idea that I would like to share with you.
B. Rewrite this paragraph. Insert articles wherever required.
Once on cold winter day, Akbar and Birbal were passing across lake in boat. Akbar
put his finger into freezing water and immediately took it out. Akbar told Birbal
to find someone who could spend night in freezing water. Akbar promised to pay
thousand gold coins to whoever won challenge. Soon, Birbal found poor man who
agreed to undertake challenge for thousand gold coins. Guarded by two royal guards,
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