Complete the following passage with suitable Articles (a, an and the) Once upon …… time, there live …… monkey on …… oak tree. One day, …… monkey saw …… old man with …… bag. …… naughty monkey snatched the bag. Inside …… bag was …… apple, ..... pear, ..... olive and ..... carrot. It gave ..... pear to ..... elephant and ..... carrot to ..... bear. It kept ..... olive and ..... apple inside ..... empty box. While ..... monkey slept, ..... dog found ..... apple and stole it. The monkey was left with only ..... olive to eat.
Once upon a time, there lived a monkey on an oak tree. One day, the monkey saw an old man with a bag. The naughty monkey snatched the bag. Inside the bag was an apple, a pear, an olive and a carrot. It gave the pear to an elephant and the carrot to a bear. It kept the olive and the apple inside an empty box. While the monkey slept, a dog found the apple and stole it. The monkey was left with only the olive to eat.
Explanation
This exercise practices the use of articles. 'A' is used before consonant sounds, 'an' before vowel sounds, and 'the' for specific or previously mentioned items. The chapter notes that 'the' is used when talking about something specific, while 'a' and 'an' are used for general references.