Exercise 5. Fill in each blank with an article if necessary:
1. I want __ __ apple from that basket.
2. __ __ church in the corner is progressive.
3. Miss Lin speaks __ __ Chinese.
4. I borrowed __ __ pencil from your pile of pencils and pens.
5. One of the students said, "__ __ professor is late today."
6. Eli likes to play _ __ volleyball.
7. I bought __ __ umbrella to go out in the rain.
8. My daughter is learning to play __ __ violin at her school.
9. Please give me __ __ cake that is on the counter.
10. Albany is the capital of _ __ New York State.
11. ___ _ apple a day keeps the doctor away.
12. Our neighbors have ___ _ cat and __ __ dog.
13. I want __ ____ new printer for Christmas.
14. Excuse me. Have you got ___ ___ time?
15. It was ___ ___ exciting movie.
16. I was four the first time I saw ___ ___ elephant.
17. It's such ___ ___ nice day that I think I'll go and read my book in the park.
18. My students like to do their activity books lying on ___ ___ floor
19. I saw ___ ___ eagle hovering high above the valley.
20. ___ ___ huge ape ran out of the forest and stole my picnic hamper.
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