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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks with the indefinite articles - a or an.

   1. _____________ BBC report
   2. _____________ NSA employee
   3. _____________ interesting quiz
   4. _____________ eucalyptus tree
   5. _____________ NASA spacecraft
   6. _____________ umbrella
   7. _____________ NCC member
   8. _____________ user
   9. _____________ MBBS degree
   10. _____________ UV lamp
   11. _____________ honour
   12. _____________ one-rupee note
2. 2.

   Use the wherever required or mark a cross (X).

   1. ___________ United States
   2. ___________ Canada
   3. ___________ Pacific Ocean
   4. ___________ South Africa
   5. ___________ New York City
   6. ___________ Netherlands
   7. ___________ Alps
   8. ___________ Barclays Bank
   9. ___________ Sea of Japan
   10. ___________ Parliament Street
   11. ___________ CWG
   12. ___________ Andaman Islands
   13. ___________ Park Royal Hotel
   14. ___________ Sarkars
   15. ___________ Lake Victoria
   16. ___________ Park Street
   17. ___________ Mount Rainier
   18. ___________ Zoology
3. 3.

   Use the whereever required or mark a cross (X).

   1. _________ pollution after Diwali causes a lot of diseases.
   2. _________ tennis is my favourite sport.
   3. My brother plays ___________ sitar at school concerts.
   4. __________ English she spoke was quite fluent.
   5. We are good friends with _____________ Mohantys next door.
   6. I plan to travel to _______________ France and ____________ Netherlands.
   7. __________ Monday my aunt visited us was my birthday too.
   8. __________ Sunday is a day to catch up with my hobbies.
   9. We use _____________ escalator in shopping malls.
   10. India is located very close to ______________ equator.
4. 4.

   Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

   Dad and I had stopped at ___________ petrol station to get some fuel in _______ car. We were planning to go on ________ road trip. _________ tank was almost empty. While we were in queue, __________ woman in _________ car before ours got out of __________ car and got into ________ argument with ________ staff. She was upset about ________ rise of petrol price. It seemed she was not aware of _______ hike. She said _______ fill normally cost her _________ thousand rupees. _______ staff pointed at __________ sign which announced _______ new rate. Amid all _________ chaos that followed, _______ staff attending to me was distracted and forgot that he had passed __________ lever without inserting _______ nozzle into _______ petrol tank. What ________ mess ________ flowing petrol created! Thankfully it did not cause ________ fire.

5. 5.

   The articles are missing in this passage. Insert a, an or the wherever required.

   Tailgating is act of driving too close to vehicle in front of you. This is sagety problem as it becomes difficult to avoid collision when you are too close to vehicle. It is important to maintain safe distance between two vehicles, especially when one is driving at speed. At slow speed, one length of car is ideal distance between vehicles. Greater speed, longer should be distance between vehicles. This allows space and time to react in case driver ahead suddenly applies brake.