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    Articles: A/ An, The Insert A, An or The If Necessary.: Light of Meter

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    This document provides examples of using the articles "a", "an", and "the" in sentences. It shows 20 sentences with blanks indicating where an article is needed. The articles "a", "an", or "the" are inserted in the blanks as appropriate. The examples demonstrate the correct usage of indefinite and definite articles in different contexts.

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    This document provides examples of using the articles "a", "an", and "the" in sentences. It shows 20 sentences with blanks indicating where an article is needed. The articles "a", "an", or "the" are inserted in the blanks as appropriate. The examples demonstrate the correct usage of indefinite and definite articles in different contexts.

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    This document provides examples of using the articles "a", "an", and "the" in sentences. It shows 20 sentences with blanks indicating where an article is needed. The articles "a", "an", or "the" are inserted in the blanks as appropriate. The examples demonstrate the correct usage of indefinite and definite articles in different contexts.

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    ARTICLES: A/ AN, THE

    Insert a, an or the if necessary.

    1. There was ____a____ knock on ___the_____ door. I opened it and found ___a_____ small dark
    man in ___a_____blue overcoat and ____a____ woolen cap.
    2. He said he was ___an_____ employee of ___the_____ gas company and had come to read
    ___the_____ meter.
    3. But I had ____a____ suspicion that he was not speaking ___the_____ truth because ___the_____
    meter readers usually wear ____a____ peaked caps.
    4. However, I took him to ____the____ meter, which is in ___a_____ dark corner under
    ____the____ stairs (___the_____meters are usually in ___a_____ dark corners under
    ___the_____ stairs).
    5. I asked if he had ___a_____ torch; he said he disliked torches and always read ___the_____
    meters by __the______ light of ____a____ match.
    6. I remarked that if there was ____a____ leak in ___the_____ gas pipe there might be ____an____
    explosion while he was reading ___the_____meter.
    7. He said, “As _____a___ matter of ________ fact, there was ___an_____ explosion in
    __the______ last house I visited and Mr. Smith, ___the_____ owner of ____the____ house, was
    burnt in __the______ face.”
    8. “Mr. Smith was holding __a______ lighted match at ____the____ time of ___the_____
    explosion.”
    9. To prevent __a______ possible repetition of this accident, I lent him ___a_____ torch.
    10. He switched on __the______ torch, read ___the_____ meter and wrote ___the _____ reading
    down on ___the_____ back of ____an____ envelope.
    11. I said in __X ______ surprise that __X ______ meter readers usually put ____the____ readings
    down in ____a____ book.
    12. He said that he had had ____a____ book but that it had been burnt in ____the____ fire in
    ___X_____ Mr. Smith’s house.
    13. By this time I had come to ____the____ conclusion that he was not ___a_____ genuine meter
    reader; and ___the_____ moment he left __the______ house I rang ___the_____ police.
    14. Are John and Mary ___X_____ cousins? – No, they aren’t ____X____ cousins; they are ____X
    ____ brother and _____X ___ sister.
    15. __The______ fog was so thick that we could not see ___the_____ side of ____the____ road. We
    followed __the______ car in front of us and hoped that we were going ___the_____ right way.
    16. I can’t remember ____the____ exact date of ___the_____ storm, but I know it was ___a_____
    Sunday because everybody was at ___a_____ church. On ____X____ Monday ____the____ post
    did not come because __the______ roads were blocked by ____X____ fallen trees.
    17. Peter thinks that this is quite ____a____ cheap restaurant.
    18. A: There has been ____a____ murder here. B: Where’s ___the_____ body?
    A: There isn’t __a______ body.
    B: Then how do you know there’s been ___a_____ murder?
    19. Number ____a____ hundred and two, __the______ house next door to us, is for sale. It is quite
    ___X_____nice house with ___the_____ big rooms back windows look out on ____the____ park.
    20. I don’t know what ________ price _the_______ owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are
    ___the_____ agents. You could give them ____a____ ring and make them ___an_____ offer.

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