CHAPTER 11. COUNT/NONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES (19) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 11. COUNT/NONCOUNT NOUNS AND ARTICLES

 

EXERCISE 23. Using THE for second mention. Directions: Write a/an, some, or the in the blanks. 1 I had _______ a _____ banana and ____ an _____ apple. I gave _____ the ______ banana to Mary. I ate ____ the _______ apple. 2 I had ____ some ____ bananas and ____ some ____ apples. I gave ____ the ____ bananas to Mary. I ate _____ the _____ apples. 3 I have ___________ desk and ___________ bed in my room. ___________ desk is hard. ___________ bed is hard, too, even though it's supposed to be soft. 4 I forgot to bring my things with me to class yesterday, so I borrowed ___________ pen and ___________ paper from Joe. I returned ___________ pen, but I used ___________ paper for my homework. 5 A: What did you do last weekend? B: I went on ___________ picnic Saturday and saw ___________ movie Sunday. A: Did you have fun? B: ___________ picnic was fun, but ___________ movie was boring. 6 Yesterday I saw ___________ dog and ___________ cat. ___________ dog was chasing ___________ cat. ___________ cat was chasing ___________ mouse. ___________ mouse ran into ___________ hole, but ___________ hole was very small. ___________ cat couldn't get into ___________ hole, so it ran up ___________ tree. ___________ dog tried to climb ___________ tree ,too, but it couldn't. 7 I bought ___________ bag of flour and ___________ sugar to make ___________ cookies. ___________ sugar was okay, but I had to return ___________ flour. When1 opened ___________ flour, I found ___________ little bugs in it. I took it back to the people at the store and showed them ___________ little bugs. They gave me ___________ new bag of flour. ___________ new bag didn't have any bugs in it. 8 Once upon a time, ___________ princess fell in love with ___________ prince. ___________ princess wanted to marry ___________ prince, who lived in ___________ distant land. She summoned ___________ messenger to take ___________ things to ___________ prince to show him her love. ___________ messenger took ___________ jewels and ___________ robe made of yellow and red silk to ___________ prince. ___________ princess anxiously awaited ___________ messenger's return. She hoped that ___________ prince would send her ___________ tokens of his love. But when ___________ messenger returned, he brought back ___________ jewels and ___________ beautiful silk robe that ___________ princess had sent. Why? Why? she wondered. Then ___________ messenger told her: ___________  prince already had ___________ wife.

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