Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an articlE- Put a cross (×) in those blanks: —

I have (a) _____ uncle who has just retired from (b) _____ army. He used to be (c) _____ ABI agent, and everybody says he has been an honest man all his lifE- As a child, I loved him for his stories. He once told me that he met (d) _____ one-eyed alien from (e) _____ spacE- (f) _____ alien did not need any oxygen. And it did not have (g) _____ nosE- I now understand that it was (h) _____ hard story to believE- I am not sure he was telling me (i) _____ truth. Maybe, he is not so (j) _____ honest, after all.