Question No. 01 Gap
Filling Activities (Use of Articles)
01. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero article:
Lutfur
is (a) ____ street boy. He is (b) ____ orphan. He lives in the street of
Chattagong (c) ____ city. One day he wants to Newmarket. He saw a fruit-seller
selling different kinds of (d) ____ fruit. There he found (e) ____ old man
buying some apples. (f) ____ apples looked very fresh.
02. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Truthfulness
is (a) ____ greatest of all (b) ____ virtues which makes (c) ____ man really
great. If we don’t cultivate (d) ____ habit of speaking (e) ____ truth, we
can’t command (f) ____ confidence of others.
03. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Once
I went to (a) ____ mango orchard. One of my friends was (b) ____ owner of the
orchard. While walking I found (c) ____ mango lying under (d) ____ tree. (e)
____ mango was ripe. Seeing (f) ____ mango in my hand, my friend said, “It will
taste sweet”.
04. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
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 days remain ever fresh in our memory. My
first day at (e) ____ school is such (f) ____ amazing day.
05. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
The
main aim of (a) ____ education is not only to pass the exam and get (b) ____
good job but also to gain knowledge and widen (c) ____ third eye. (d) ____
ideal student should realize (e) ____ real fact. Otherwise, the purpose of
education will be (f) ____ incomplete one.
06. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
My
mother is (a) ____ very religious woman. she always advises me to follow (b)
____ path of (c) ____ truth and honesty. She bears (d) ____ good moral
character. She is very kind to (e) ____ poor. She is (f) ____ ideal housewife.
07. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Mr.
Hasan is English (a) ____ teacher. He is (b) ____ M.A. in English. He serves in
(c) ____ famous institution. He tries to lead (d) ____ honest life. He is (e)
____ most favourite teacher to (f) ____ students.
08. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero article:
Drug
addiction is now (a) ____ global problem. It has spread its poisonous claw all
over (b) ____ world. Frustration is (c) ____ main cause of drug addiction.
Drugs bear (d) ____ terrible effect on (e) ____ human body. It kills a man
little by little. No physician can stop the changes that take place in the
organs of (f) ____ addict.
09. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Always
speak (a) ____ truth. Never tell (b) ____ lie. Nobody believes (c) ____ liar.
even if he is (d) ____ truthful, he is considered to be (e) ____ liar. Nobody
in (f) ____ world is as unfortunate as he.
10. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero article:
Mr.
Karim is an English (a) ____ teacher. He is (b) ____ M.A. in English. He serves
in (c) ____ famous institution. He tries to lead (d) ____ honest life. He is
(e) ____ most favorite teacher (f) ____ to the students.
11. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Each
and every student wants to make a good result. But it is not (a) ____ easy
task. (b) ____ students have to do something for this. From (c) ____ very
beginning, he must be very serious. He should read (d) ____ texts again and
again. He must not make (e) ____ notes from (f) ____ common source.
12. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
We
live in an age of (a) ____ science. Newspaper is (b) ____ wonder of modern
science. Newspaper is (c) ____ paper which carries news of (d) ____ whole
world. It is such (e) ____ important thing that we cannot go (f) ____ single
day without it.
13. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
A
few days ago I enjoyed (a) ____ interesting football (b) ____ match. It was
played between (c) ____ top two teams, Argentina and Germany. On (d) ____ day
of the match, I went to (e) ____ Stadium quite early. I stood in the line and
bought (f) ____ ticket.
14. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero article:
A
true friend is (a) ____ asset. He stands by his friend in time of (b) ____
danger. Normally he is not (c) ____ greedy person. He always wishes for (d)
____ welfare of his friend. But it is (e) ____ matter of fact that (f) ____
ideal friend is very rare today.
15. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
(a)
____ ant is an industrious (b) ____ insect. No other insect is as industrious
like (c) ____ ant. If we open (d) ____ pages of history, we shall see that (e)
____ men who have become great in (f) ____ world were industrious.
16. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Dhaka
is (a) ____ capital of Bangladesh. It is (b) ____ old city. People of different
communities live in (c) ____ city. Their ways of life are (d) ____ quite
different. So, their occupations are not (e) ____ same. Most of the people lead
(f) ____ very hard life here.
17. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
English
is (a) ____ international language. It is spoken all over (b) ____ world. So
the importance of (c) ____ English cannot be described in words. All (d) ____
books of higher education are written in English. Today organizations need
employees who can speak and write (e) ____ standard form of (f) ____ English.
18. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Cricket
has become very popular in our country. It is (a) ____ international game.
after winning (b) ____ ICC Trophy in Malaysia in 1996, it has become more
popular than Football in our country. By defeating (c) ____ Kenya, Bangladesh
got (d) ____ first victory in (e) ____ ODI Cricket in 1998. Bangladesh got
the taste of winning a test match in January, 2005 defeating Zimbabwe. So far,
Bangladesh has won at least one match against almost all (f) ____ test playing
countries in ODI and it was our pride that we were one of the most countries
for the World Cup Cricket 2011.
19. What is the role of men and women in our (a) ____ society? The common
(b) ____ answer would be that a man is the guide for his wife. It was (c) ____
(c) ____ common early (d) ____ belief that man should be (e) ____ earning
member and women should be busy at home. But that idea is not cherished in (f)
____ present society.
20. Fill in the gaps of the following
text with appropriate articles. Put a cross (
) for zero articles:
Eid-ul-Fitr
is (a) ____ biggest festival of (b) ____ Muslims. It comes at (c) ____ end of
the holy (d) ____ month of (e) ____ Ramadan. It is (f) ____ occasion for
thanks-giving to the Almighty.