Exercise 4. Articles and possessive adjectives

   Insert a, an, the, or my, his, her, our, your, their if necessary.

1  He took off . . . coat and set to work.

2  Why are you standing there with . . . hands in . . . pockets?

3  At most meetings . . . people vote by raising . . . right hands.

4  The bullet struck him in . . . foot.

5  They tied . . . hands behind . . . back and locked him in a cellar.

6  He took . . . shoes off and entered on . . . tiptoe.

7  Someone threw . . . egg which struck the speaker on . . . shoulder.

8  I have . . . headache.

9  I have . . . pain in . . . shoulder.

10  The windscreen was smashed and the driver was cut in . . . face by  broken glass.

11  He was . . . very tall man with . . . dark hair and . . . small beard,  but I couldn't see . . . eyes because he was wearing . . . dark glasses.

12  He tore . . . trousers getting over a barbed wire fence.

13  Brother and sister were quite unlike each other. He had . . . fair  wavy hair; . . . hair was dark and straight.

14  She pulled . . . sleeve to attract his attention.

15  She pulled him by . . . sleeve.

16  'Hands up!' said the masked man, and we all put . . . hands up.

17  Ask . . . woman in front of you to take off . . . hat.

18  He stroked . . . chin thoughtfully.

19  If you're too hot why don't you take off . . . coat?

20  I saw him raise . . . right hand and take . . . oath.

21  The lioness bit him in . . . leg.

22  You should change . . . wet shoes, or you'll catch another cold.

23  There was a shot and a policeman came out with . . . blood running  down . . . face.

24  We shook . . . hands with . . . host.

25  He fell off his horse and injured . . . back.

26  The barman seized the drunk by . . . collar.

27  Leave . . . coats in . . . cloakroom; don't bring them into . . . theatre.

28  He fell down a flight of stairs and broke . . . rib.

29  He pointed to a woman in . . . green dress.

30  He is . . . thoroughly selfish man; he wouldn't lift . . . finger to help anyone.

31  You'll strain . . . eyes if you read in . . . bad light.

32 She was on . . . knees, scrubbing . . . kitchen floor.

33 He has . . . horrible job; I wouldn't like to be in . . . shoes.

34 You've got . . . shirt on inside out.

35 'Pull up . . . socks,' said his mother.

36 I hit . . . thumb with a hammer when I was hanging the picture.

ANSWER

 

Exercise 4

1 his 2 your, your 3 -, their 4 the 5 his, his 6 his, - 7 an, the 8 a 9 a, my 10 the II a,-, a, his,- 12 his 13-, her 14 his 15 the 16 our 17 the, her 18 his 19 your 20 his, the 21 the 22 your 23-, his 24-.our/the 25 his 26 the/his 27 your, the, the 28 a 29 a 30 a, a 31 your, (a) 32 her, the 33 a, his 34 your 35 your 36 my