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A Missing Cat (Grammar: Articles Review)




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�A Missing Cat. (a/an/the -�articles review)

�Complete with the a/an/the.�

�owner of missing cat is asking for help. �My baby has been missing�for�over month now, and I want him back so badly,� said Mrs. Brown, 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn�t come home for dinner more than month ago.��next morning he didn�t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed �extra-special lunch, she called �police.

When �policeman who dopped by asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told �officer that Clyde was about foot high.

A bell went off. �Is Clyde your child or your pet?� �officer suspiciously asked. �Well, he�s my cat, of course,� Mrs. Brown replied. �Lady, you�re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,� said �irritated policeman. �Well, who can I report this to?� she asked. �You can�t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,� replied �officer.

Mrs. Brown figured that billboard would work a lot better than �8�x11� piece of paper on telephone pole. There was �empty billboard at �end of her street just off �interstate highway.��billboard had phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown�s family album) and put it on �billboard for all to see.

�But how can people see it when they whiz by on �interstate?� she asked. �Oh, don�t worry, ma�am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.��rest of �day, �interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.� They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of �money out of her savings account and rented �billboard for a month.

More than �month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called �local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent��billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.

Answer the questions.�
  1. Mrs. Brown's cat is named .
  2. The cat has lost �teeth and �left ear.
  3. The policeman was �when he heard it wasn't a missing persons case.
  4. A billboard is �an 8�x11� poster.
  5. Renting the billboard was .
What do you think? Will the missing cat ever be found?