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Reading Level 3

Directions: Read each of the following sentences. Choose the pair of articles that best completes the sentence. Circle your response.		

1. 	Jose felt that it was ________ honor to go on an expedition into the jungle with ________ renowned explorer Bruce Hand.	

a)	a, the	b)	an, a	
c)	a, an	d)	an, the	

2. 	Kiki saw ________ long-necked giraffe eating vegetation while she sat in ________ back of the truck.	

a)	a, the	b)	the, a	
c)	the, the	d)	a, a	

3. 	The experienced Bruce Hand spotted ________ cheetahs on the peak of ________ hilltop without even using his binoculars.	

a)	an, an	b)	a, the	
c)	the, a	d)	the, an	

4. 	Jose slashed his way through ________ impassable undergrowth with ________ large machete.	

a)	the, an	b)	the, a	
c)	a, the	d)	an, an	

5. 	That was ________ first time that John had seen ________ elephant that wasn't behind bars or being held captive.	

a)	a, an	b)	the, a	
c)	the, an	d)	an, an	

6. 	Kiki is ________ honest person and, given our options, I would trust her with ________ keys over Demetrius.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, the	
c)	an, a	d)	an, the	

7. 	When John crashed his boat into ________ reef, he sent out ________ SOS signal over the radio system requesting help from nearby ships.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

8. 	The rain pounded the thatched roof of ________ shelter day and night and Kiki waited endlessly for ________ downpour to cease.	

a)	the, the	b)	an, the	
c)	the, an	d)	a, a	

9. 	Jose heard ________ jungle birds singing strange songs and frolicking freely high up in ________ trees.	

a)	a, the	b)	the, a	
c)	the, the	d)	the, an	

10. 	________ orange beaked bird with bright blue tail feathers sang a sanguine song sweetly on ________ alcove.	

a)	A, a	b)	A, an	
c)	An, a	d)	An, an	

11. 	________ gorillas gathered by ________ great big banana tree.	

a)	The, a	b)	The, an	
c)	A, a	d)	An, a	

12. 	John gave ________ fifty-pound bag of long-grain rice to the villagers as ________ gift for their hospitality.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

13. 	Bruce Hand taught Jose how to do ________ birdcall and how to make ________ omelet out of lizard eggs and shrubbery.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

14. 	Bruce Hand spotted ________ leopard creeping through golden seeded grass in ________ savannah.	

a)	a, an	b)	the, an	
c)	a, the	d)	an, the	

15. 	Jose felt ________ hyenas circling and he knew that ________ only way off the mountain was down the waterfall.	

a)	the, an	b)	the, a	
c)	a, the	d)	the, the	

16. 	After Bruce Hand was taken captive by silverback gorillas, Jose ran to ________ village to get help from ________ townsfolk.	

a)	a, a	b)	the, an	
c)	an, the	d)	the, the	

17. 	John observed ________ red feathered bird with ________ biggest beak that he had ever seen.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, the	
c)	a, an	d)	the, a	

18. 	We saw ________ elegant elephant on ________ velveteen veldt.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, the	d)	an, an	

19. 	"That's definitely ________ biggest rhinoceros that I've seen in ________ while," shouted Bruce Hand as he fled in terror.	

a)	a, a	b)	the, a	
c)	the, an	d)	the, the	

20. 	Kiki used ________ iron poker to stoke ________ smoldering campfire.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, the	
c)	an, the	d)	an, an	

21. 	Bruce hand is ________ European Union citizen and ________ American citizen.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

22. 	Jose saw ________ young lion hungrily roaming ________ land.	

a)	a, the	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, the	

23. 	Jose sat on ________ wooden crate, ate a pudding cake, and waited on ________ order from his leader who was busy cooking steak.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

24. 	Bruce Hand was disappointed that ________ Sudanese tour guides were forming ________ union.	

a)	a, a	b)	the, an	
c)	an, an	d)	the, a	

25. 	________ ugly rhino charged ________ tribe but wound up getting carved with knives, stewed, fried, and caramelized.	

a)	An, an	b)	A, an	
c)	A, the	d)	An, the	

26. 	Bruce Hand made ________ error and let ________ angry ostrich eat his ammunition.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

27. 	Bruce Hand had to find ________ hotel within ________ hour or his companions would have to spend another night in the bushes.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

28. 	Bruce Hand felt like ________ new man after he had seen the magical toucan wearing blue pants and soaring across ________ Sudan.	

a)	a, a	b)	an, a	
c)	a, the	d)	an, the	

29. 	Kiki wore a bikini while she cooked ________ zucchini on ________ iron pan for her panini.	

a)	a, a	b)	a, an	
c)	an, a	d)	an, an	

30. 	Bruce Hand jumped into the window of ________ SUV and drove off into ________ crimson sunset.	

a)	an, the	b)	a, the	
c)	a, an	d)	an, an