Interactive grammar exercises from “A Jewel in the Palace” (Articles, Part 2)

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Lady Choi trains Keum Young according to ______ traditions of their family from which has come ______ last five Highest Kitchen Ladies.
1. a / a
2. an / an
3. the / the
Jang Geum has grown into ______ beautiful, young woman with a boundless curiosity about anything related to food.
1. the
2. an
3. a
Keum Young loses ______ golden pheasant that is supposed to be served to the entourage of Ming officials.
1. an
2. the
3. a
With Jang Geum’s help, she escapes from ______ Palace to try to find another golden pheasant with her uncle Choi Pan Sul’s help.
1. a
2. an
3. the
Jang Geum also sets off on her own to get ______ golden pheasant through Gang Duk Gu, her adoptive father.
1. an
2. the
3. a
After a long wait, she’s able to get ______ golden pheasant, and she hurries through the mountain to get back to Keum Young.
1. a
2. an
3. the
Jang Geum chances upon a deadly fight on ______ mountain.
1. a
2. the
3. an
But because of Lady Jung and Lady Han’s sacrifice, she isn’t cast out of the Palace but instead is exiled to ______ herb garden.
1. an
2. the
3. a
She sets as her personal goal the growing of astragalus, ______ precious medicinal plant from Ming.
1. the
2. an
3. a
On her way back to the Royal Kitchen, Jang Geum stops by ______ library on an errand from the herb garden’s supervisor.
1. a
2. the
3. an

Interactive grammar exercise (articles)
from “A Jewel in the Palace” Part 2