Ex insert a, an or the if necessary

EX.1.Insert a, an or the if necessary
1 There was a knock on the door. I opened it and found a small dark man in a blue overcoat and the woolen cap. 
2 He said he was an employee of the gas company and had come to read a meter. 
3 But I had the suspicion that he wasn't speaking a truth because the meter readers usually wear the peaked caps. 
4 However, I took him to the meter, which is in a dark corner under the stairs 
5 I asked if he had the torch; he said he disliked torches and always read a meters by the light of a match. 
6 I remarked that if there was the leak in a gas pipe there might be an explosion while he was reading the meter. 
7 He said, 'As a matter of the fact, there was the explosion in a last house I visited; and Mr Smith, the owner of the house, was burnt in a face.' 
8 'Mr Smith was holding the lighted match at the time of an explosion.' 
9 To prevent a possible repetition of this accident, I lent him the torch. 
10 He switched on the torch, read a meter and wrote the reading down on a back of the envelope. 


ex2Fill the gap with such words: much, few, little and many.
Robert wrote so much letters that he’s never going to write a letter again. 
She ate so much ice cream that she’s going to have a sore throat. 
His father didn’t earn few many, but he enjoyed his job. 
He loved teaching English very much 
There are many cookies in the box. 
I should have bought them last Monday. 
Does your sister read much? yes, she does. 
Do you have much work to do today? no, not very much there is few milk in the bottle. 
There are few pears in tha fruit bowl