Repetition of articles

দুই বা ততোধিক noun/ adjective ভিন্ন ভিন্ন ব্যক্তি, প্রাণী বা বস্তুকে বুঝালে প্রতিটি noun/ adjective এর পূর্বে article বসে। তবে একই ব্যক্তি, প্রাণী বা বস্তুকে বুঝালে শুধু প্রথম noun/ adjective এর পূর্বে article বসে।

The headmaster and the secretary were present. (দুইজন ব্যক্তি)
কিন্তু, The headmaster and secretary was present. (একই ব্যক্তি)
A red and a blue pencil. (দুটি পেনসিল)
কিন্তু, A red and blue pencil. (একই পেনসিল)

Examples worked out

1. You are Byron, I see. (a Byron)
2. I have one taka note. (a one)
3. Of two brothers, Arzu is taller. (the two, the taller)
4. I am honours graduate. (an honours)
5. Dhaka is biggest city in Bangladesh. (the biggest)
6. I pulled him by hand. (the hand)
7. English are industrious. (The English)
8. Always speak truth and never tell lie. (the truth, a lie)
9. Poor suffer a lot in the winter. (The poor)
10. The old woman has heir. (an heir)
11. He reads Quran everyday. (the Quran)
12. She is BA but her husband is MA. (a BA, an MA)
13. Honest man like him is hardly found. (An honest)
14. Titanic went down in Atlantic. (The Titanic, the Atlantic)
15. He bought ram and ewe. (a ram, an ewe)
16. Megna falls into Bay of Bengal. (The Megna, the Bay of Bengal)
17. Taj is magnificent building. (The Taj, a magnificent)
18. There is university in Sylhet. (a university)
19. My brother left for USA. (the USA)
20. Rice of Dinajpur is finest. (The rice, the finest)

Article Exercise

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1. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles. 0.5×6=03
   (a) ––––––– infant often asks such (b) ––––––– uncommon question that even an aged (c) ––––––– man fails to answer (d) ––––––– question. (e) ––––––– intelligent man thinks over (f) ––––––– question.
2. 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 the (f) –––––––world were industrious.
3. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
   (a) ––––––– educated (b) ––––––– man is an asset for (c) ––––––– undeveloped country.
   He can teach (d) ––––––– ignorant man an important (e) ––––––– matter without facing (f) ––––––– obstruction.
4. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
   After summer comes (a) ––––––– rainy season. People have a sigh of (b) ––––––– relief. The sky is overcast with (c) ––––––– clouds and (d) ––––––– sun cannot be seen for hours. Rivers are full to (e) ––––––– brim. Rain is a great blessing for our (f) ––––––– country.
5. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
   There is a big (a) ––––––– dighi near (b) ––––––– Satgombuj Mosque, (c) ––––––– dighi is called (d) –––––––Ghora Dighi. It is said that (e) ––––––– horse was made to run before digging (f) ––––––– Dighi.
   6. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
6. I am (a) ––––––– student. I have a hobby. Gardening is my (b) ––––––– hobby. I have made (c) ––––––– garden in front of my reading room. I loose (d) ––––––– soil of my (e) ––––––– garden with a spade and weed out with a hoe. I water (f) ––––––– plants regularly.
7.  Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
   A journey is always (a) ––––––– pleasure to me. Whenever I go on a journey, my heart leaps up with (b) ––––––– joy. But (c) ––––––– journey by boat gives me (d) ––––––– greatest pleasure. Since Bangladesh is a land of (e) –––––––rivers, it is (f) ––––––– easy matter to make a journey by boat.
8.  Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
   To make (a) ––––––– journey by boat we hired a big (b) ––––––– boat, (c) ––––––– boatman and (d) ––––––– oarsmen were very nice. We had our (e) ––––––– breakfast early in the morning. (f) ––––––– sky was clear and the weather was fine.
9.  Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
   Jamal is (a) ––––––– old farmer living in (b) ––––––– ideal village of Khulna. He is (c) ––––––– industrious farmer. He had (d) ––––––– aged son named Mizan. He was an active (e) ––––––– man. They work together in (f) ––––––– paddy field.
10.  Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
    (a) –––––– tiger is known as a ferocious animal. (b) –––––– tiger kills to eat. It can kill a deer in two or three (c) –––––– minutes and (d) –––––– buffalo in five minutes. It always charges from (e) –––––– side or (f) –––––– rear.
11.  Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
    Specialists say that (a) –––––– tiger is stronger than (b) ÍÍ lion. Jim Corbett, (c) –––––– well known hunter once followed a tiger as it dragged a big (d) –––––– cow through a dense forest. (e) –––––– jaws of a tiger are so strong that it can crush a human skull like (f) –––––– eggshell.
12.  Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
    One of (a) –––––– snake charmers was playing on (b) –––––– flute and (c) –––––– other was beating a drum. As (d) –––––– music grew louder and louder, more people joined (e) –––––– crowd. Suddenly with one hand (f) –––––– flutist jerked off the top of the basket in front of him.
13. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
    Robi is (a) –––––– street boy. He is (b) –––––– orphan. He lives in the street of Dhaka (c) –––––– city. One day he went to New Market. He saw a fruit seller selling different kinds of (d) –––––– fruits. There he found (e) ––––––old buying some apples. (f) –––––– apples looked very fresh.
14. 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.
15. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles.
    Hazrat Omar (R) was (a) –––––– second Caliph of Islam. He was (b) –––––– honest caliph. He used to lead a humble (c) –––––– life. He used to go and see the condition of (d) –––––– subjects with his own eyes. At dead of night he would walk on (e) –––––– streets of Medina. One night while walking he heard (f) –––––– sound of crying.
16. Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero article.
    (a) –––––– great ship Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 1912. At that time she was (b) ––––––largest ship. The tragic sinking of this great (c) ––––––Í liner will always be remembered for she went down on her first voyage. Four days after sailing out, while it was sailing across the icy (d) –––––– waters of (e) –––––– North Atlantic, (f) –––––– huge ice berg were suddenly spotted by the look out.

Article Exercise | Answer Sheet

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