Q: Fill in the blank with an appropriate article:_____ Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.

Indefinite articles ‘a’ or ‘an’ are used when the noun is not specific. ‘Mount Everest’ is a proper noun and cannot be said to be an unspecific thing. Therefore indefinite articles cannot be used with it; hence Option B and C are incorrect. As per the rules of use of articles, definite article ‘the’ can be used before a proper noun when it is qualified by an adjective or a defining adjectival clause. In this question, the adjective ‘tallest’ is qualifying the noun ’mountain’ but ‘Mount Everest’ is not qualified by any adjective, thus we cannot use the Option A ‘the’ with it. Also as per the rules of use of articles, the use of article is omitted before most proper nouns like names of people, continents, countries, cities, individual mountains, islands etc. therefore we can say Option D ‘No article’ is the correct answer.

Question 1

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles with the help of the hint in the brackets:Tim lives in _____ small village in _____ country. (We are referring to a specific country here)

Accepted Answer

The articles 'a, an, the' are placed before nouns, to modify or describe them.'A' and 'an' are indefinite nouns: they refer to those nouns that are non-specific, their identity is not made known. For e.g. 'a man', 'a duck in the pond', etc.'The' is a definite article and refers to a specific noun, whose identity is made known. e.g. 'The woman in that shop', 'the fruit from this tree', etc.In the given sentence, the noun 'country' is a specific noun, hence 'the' will be used.So, options A 'a; a' and D 'the; a' can be eliminated.Option B: 'The' is used for 'country'.  But,  it is not used for 'village.A country has many villages.  It is not mentioned which village 'Tim' lives in. So, 'the' cannot be used for 'small village'. Hence B is incorrect.Option C: Since the noun 'village' is non-specific, 'a' is suitable. The use of 'the' for the noun 'country' has already been explained.Hence, option C is correct.

Question 2

Fill in the blanks using appropriate articles:My friends live in _____ old house in _____ small village. There is _____ beautiful garden behind _____ house. I would like to have _____ garden like that.

Accepted Answer

The first sentence has an 'old house' mentioned. It's not specified which house, it could be any old house, hence an indefinite article is required. The phrase 'old house' begins with a vowel, so the article pertaining to such nouns is 'an' which is the correct answer. Similarly, 'small village' and 'beautiful garden' require an indefinite article 'a' since they both begin with a consonant. In the second sentence, 'house' is mentioned for the second time, By now we know which house is being referred to, hence we use 'the' and not 'a'. In the third sentence, 'garden' is not the same garden that the speaker's friends have, but just any garden like the one mentioned before. This means we're supposed to use 'a' in the last sentence. The option containing all these correct articles is the second option (option B), and for the reasons mentioned before the other options are incorrect.

Question 3

Fill in the blank with an appropriate article:_____ Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.

Accepted Answer

Indefinite articles &#8216;a&#8217; or &#8216;an&#8217; are&#10;used when the noun is not specific.  &#8216;Mount&#10;Everest&#8217; is a proper noun and cannot be said to be an unspecific thing. Therefore&#10;indefinite articles cannot be used with it; hence Option B and C are incorrect.&#10;As per the rules of use of articles, definite article &#8216;the&#8217; can be used before&#10;a proper noun when it is qualified by an adjective or a defining adjectival clause.&#10;In this question, the adjective &#8216;tallest&#8217; is qualifying the noun &#8217;mountain&#8217; but&#10;&#8216;Mount Everest&#8217; is not qualified by any adjective, thus we cannot use the Option&#10;A &#8216;the&#8217; with it. Also as per the rules of use of articles, the use of article is omitted before most proper nouns&#10;like names of people, continents, countries, cities, individual mountains,&#10;islands etc. therefore we can say Option D &#8216;No article&#8217; is the correct answer.

Question 4

Fill in the blank with the correct option:He is ____ honourable man

Accepted Answer

'A' and 'An' are indefinite articles and 'the' is the only definite article in the English language. 'The' is used with reference to something specific such as a specific person or place. This sentence does not talk about a specific honourable man, hence 'the' will not be used. 'A' cannot be used with honourable because it begins with a vowel sound.  By rules of grammar, 'an' is used before a word that begin with vowels or vowel sounds. The word honorary begins with a vowel sound (o) because H is silent, similar to the pronunciation of 'hour.' Hence, Option A is incorrect and Option B 'an' is correct. Option D is incorrect because 'much' does not complete the sentence meaningfully.

Question 5

Fill in the blank with the best option:Honest men always speak ........... truth.

Accepted Answer

The most appropriate option is 'the' as 'the' is used before specific things. In this sentence, the specific abstract noun is 'truth'.

Question 6

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.My father is _____ engineer.

Accepted Answer

An/A' is used as an indefinite article for a thing or person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. It states the random nature of the subject.'The' is used as a definite article for a thing or person when the reader knows which one we are exactly referring to. It states the specific nature of the subject.Option C is correct because 'An' is used with a word having a vowel sound to indicate a single countable noun which is random in nature. 'An Engineer' is thus grammatically correct. Option B is incorrect as 'The' would indicate a specific engineer who the reader knows of. Option A is incorrect as 'A' is used for words with a consonant sound. Option D is incorrect as we can figure out the answer from the given options.

Question 7

Choose the correct articles to fill in the blanks:_________ French is _________ easy language to learn.

Accepted Answer

French is the name of a language. Therefore, no article shall be used in the first blank while in the second blank ,'an' is used because it is followed with the word 'easy'.'French is an easy language to learn.'Option B)No article required , an is the correct option.

Question 8

Fill in the blank with the most suitable articles.My brother is _________ solider. He is in ____________ army.

Accepted Answer

An/A' is used as an indefinite article for a thing or person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. It states the random nature of the subject.'The' is used as a definite article for a thing or person when the reader knows which one we are exactly referring to. It states the specific nature of the subject.Option A is correct as 'The' is used as a definite article for a particular noun, Army in the second blank and for the first blank 'A'  is used as an indefinite article for any random person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. Option B is incorrect as the second blank requires an article to carry out the meaning of the sentence. Option C is incorrect as 'An army' implies to any random group. Option D is incorrect as the blanks require articles in order to give meaning to the sentence.

Question 9

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete the sentence.Quick! Someone call ______ policeman.

Accepted Answer

The indefinite articles, 'a' and 'an' are used before an indefinite noun. The definite article, 'the' is used to point to a particular noun. In the given sentence, the word, 'policeman' could refer to a particular policeman of the locality. It could refer to a particular policeman the speaker knows. Alternately, it could refer to any policeman (i.e not anyone in particular). So, use of both indefinite and definite articles are acceptable in the blank. Therefore, use of the definite article, 'the' is correct and option C is correct. Now, let us see which indefinite articles can be used. The use of 'a' or 'an' depends on whether the noun which follows the article begins with a vowel sound or a consonant sound. If it begins with a vowel sound, the article, 'an' is used. If the noun following the article starts with a consonant sound, the article, 'a' is used. In the given sentence, the noun which follows the blank is 'policeman'. It starts with a consonant sound (p). Hence, the appropriate article is 'a'. Hence, option A is correct and option B is incorrect.Option D is incorrect as options A and C are correct,

Question 10

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Let's get _______ lettuce.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is B) a head of as  'a' is required before the noun 'head' and i'head' should be followed by  the preposition 'of' as 'of' tells the listener that of what does the speaker wants to get head of.Let's get a head of lettuce.