Read the following text and choose the correct answer:
When I was a child, I had (a/the) favourite
toy. It was (a/-)
small, soft toy animal and my father bought it for me on (-/the) day I was born. It wasn’t (an/-) expensive
toy, but it was special to me. I called (a/the) toy Joe,
and I took it everywhere with me until I was seven years old. After that, Joe
lived on (-/a)
shelf in my room. Years later, I went off to university and when I came back
home in the holidays, I always felt happy when I saw Joe sitting there on (the/a) shelf. I’m
married now and have (a/-) children of my own, but they’re not into (-/ the) soft toys. Joe is still with us,
though. He lives in (the/-) garage now!