JUNIOR INTER ENGLISH PAPER I
(Though these kinds of exercises are designed
for the students appearing for INTERMEDIATE (Junior) Examination in Telangana,
India,they are also very useful for those appearing for competitive
examinations. On the whole, they are useful for the aspirants of learning
English )
FILLING IN THE BLANKS WITH ARTICLES
Key to the following exercises:
Fill in any Eight blanks with a, an or the.
Exercise 1
8.
Fill in any Eight blanks with a, an or the. 8
× ½ =4
i) With ____(1) satisfied expression he regarded ____(2) field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in
a curtain of rain. But suddenly ____(3) strong wind began to blow and along
with ____(4)rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble
new silver coins. ____(5) boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to
collect ____(6) frozen pearls.
ii) I knew that ____(7) oppressor must be liberated just as surely
as ____(8) oppressed. ____(9) man who takes away another man’s freedom is a
prisoner of hatred; he is locked behind ____(10) bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.
Exercise 2
8.
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× ½ =4
i) It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was ____(1)
illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been
taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first, as ____(2) student, I wanted
freedom only for myself, ____(3) transitory freedoms of being able to stay out
at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose.
ii) ____(4) sun was now ascending ____(5) sky, blazing on his ledge
that faced the south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since ____(6)
previous nightfall.
iii) “We have ____(7) Indian legend too. Bodhidharma, ____(8) ancient
Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during
meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of ____(9) eyelids. ____(10) leaves of
these plants when put in hot water and drunk banished sleep.
Exercise 3
8.
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× ½ =4
i) It was ____(1) slack time of day, and there were only six or
seven passengers on ____(1) bus. They were all looking at Valli and laughing
with ____(1) conductor. Valli was overcome with shyness. Avoiding everyone’s
eyes, she walked quickly to ____(1) empty seat and sat down.
ii) Kisa Gotami had ____(1) only son, and he died. In her grief she
carried ____(1) dead child to all her neighbours, asking them for medicine, and
____(1) people said, “She has lost her senses. ____(1) boy is dead.”
At length, Kisa Gotami met ____(1) man who replied to her request,
“I cannot give thee medicine for thy child, but I know ____(1) physician who
can.”
Exercise 4
8.
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× ½ =4
i) I was still ____(1) thief when I met Anil. And though only 15,
I was ____(2) experienced and fairly successful hand.
ii) Anil was watching ____(3) wrestling match when I approached
him. He was about 25 — ____(4) tall, lean fellow — and he looked easy-going,
kind and simple enough for my purpose. I hadn’t had much luck of late and thought
I might be able to get into ____(5) young man’s confidence.
iii) Fifteen years ago, Horace had served his first and only
sentence in ____(6) prison library. He loved rare, expensive books. So he
robbed ____(7) safe every year. Each year he planned carefully just what he
would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought ____(8)
books he loved through ____(9) agent.
iv) John saw Shivaji for ____(10) first time.
Exercise 5
8.
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xii) ____(1) arrival of ____(2) stranger at ____(3) inn in winter
was in any case ____(4) unusual event. ____(5) stranger of such uncommon
appearance set all tongues wagging. Mrs Hall, ____(6) landlord’s wife, made
every effort to be friendly. But Griffin had no desire to talk, and told her,
“My reason for coming to Iping is ____(7) desire for solitude. I do not wish to
be disturbed in my work. Besides, ____(8) accident has affected my face.”
xiii) Pope is ____(9) most important, though not the greatest,
poet of ____(10) eighteenth century.
Exercise 6
8.
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× ½ =4
i) Bholi was seven years old when Mangla was married. ____(1) same
year ____ (2) primary school for girls was opened in their village. ____ (3) Tehsildar
sahib came to perform its opening ceremony. He said to Ramlal, “As ____ (4)
revenue official you are ____ (5) representative of ____ (6) government in ____
(7) village and so you must set ____ (8) example to the villagers. You must
send your daughters to school.”
ii) With fourteen companions he crosses ____ (9) sea. There is ____
(10) excellent bit of ocean poetry.
Key to the above exercises:
Do you need more practice, then try the following tests.
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