Articles â A, An, The : Fill in the Blanks
Articles (A, An, The) Articles are words used before nouns to define or specify them. There are two types of articles: indefinite articles (A, An) and the definite article (The). “A” and “An” are used for general or non-specific nouns; “A” is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, such as a boy or a cat, while “An” is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, such as an apple or an hour. It is important to note that the use of “A” and “An” depends on sound, not spelling; for example, a university is correct because it starts with a “yu” sound, and an hour is correct because the “h” is silent. On the other hand, “The” is the definite article and is used for specific or known nouns; it is used when referring to something particular, something already mentioned, or something unique, such as the sun, the moon, or the Taj Mahal. For example, in the sentence I saw a dog. The dog was barking, “a dog” refers to any dog, while “the dog” refers to a specific one. In short, “A” and “An” are used for general meaning, whereas “The” is used for specific meaning. =============================================================================== Fill in the Blanks 1. An apple is on the table. āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻĒā§āϞ āĻā§āĻŦā§āϞāϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ Explanation: “apple” starts with a vowel sound → An 2. She has an umbrella in her bag. āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻāϤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ Explanation: “umbrella” starts with vowel sound → A Rule Worksheet 2 (Hard Level MCQs) Q1. He is ___ honest man. : āϤā§āĻāĻ ___ āϏ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article Ans: (b) an Q2. She is ___ university student. : āϤā§āĻāĻ ___ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞā§ā§° āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article Ans: (a) a Q3. ___ Ganga is a holy river. : ___ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāϤā§ā§° āύāĻĻā§āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article Ans: (c) the Q4. I saw ___ one-eyed man. : āĻŽāĻ ___ āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻš āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article Ans: (a) a Q5. He is ___ MLA. : āϤā§āĻāĻ ___ MLAāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article Ans: (b) an Q6. ___ Himalayas are very high. : ___ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻāĻāĨ¤ : Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article Ans: (c) the Q7. She gave me ___ useful book. : āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻ ___ āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article Ans: (a) a Ans: (c) the Ans: (a) a Ans: (c) the, the Ans: (b) an Ans: (c) the Ans: (b) an Ans: (c) the Ans: (a) a
Article āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻŋ nounā§° āĻāĻāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ
āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Article āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ—indefinite article (A, An) āĻā§°ā§ definite article (The)āĨ¤ “A” āĻā§°ā§ “An” āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ
āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ; “A” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ consonant soundā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻāϤ, āϝā§āύ⧠a boy āĻŦāĻž a cat, āĻā§°ā§ “An” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ vowel soundā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻāϤ, āϝā§āύ⧠an apple āĻŦāĻž an hourāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āϝ⧠“A” āĻā§°ā§ “An” āĻŦāĻžāĻāύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĻāϤ⧠spelling āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, sound āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ; āϝā§āύ⧠a university āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ “yu” soundā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻā§°ā§ an hour āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ “h” āύā§ā§°ā§ąāĨ¤ āĻāύāĻšāĻžāϤ⧠“The” āĻšā§āĻā§ definite article, āϝāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ; āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§, āĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻāĻ, āϝā§āύ⧠the sun, the moon, āĻŦāĻž the Taj MahalāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§ I saw a dog. The dog was barking āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ “a dog” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻŋāĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻā§ā§°, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠“the dog” āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϏā§āĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧰āϞāĻā§ āĻ’āϞā§, “A” āĻā§°ā§ “An” āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻā§°ā§ “The” āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. I saw an elephant at the zoo. āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻžāύāĻžāϤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻšāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻāĨ¤ Explanation: “elephant” starts with vowel → An
Explanation: “sun” is unique → The
Explanation: “honest” has silent ‘h’, vowel sound → an : “honest” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤ ‘h’ āύā§āĻļā§āύāĻž āϝāĻžā§ → āϏā§āĻŦā§°āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → an
Explanation: “university” starts with ‘yu’ (consonant sound) → a : “university” ‘yu’ āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āĻāύāϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a
Explanation: Names of rivers → The : āύāĻĻā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāϤ → The āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
Explanation: “one” starts with ‘w’ sound → consonant → a : “one” = “wan” āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āĻāύāϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ →
Explanation: “M” pronounced “em” → vowel sound → an : “M” = “em” → āϏā§āĻŦā§°āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → an
Explanation: Mountain ranges → The : āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž → The āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
Explanation: “useful” starts with ‘yu’ sound → a : “useful” ‘yu’ āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āĻāύāϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a
Explanation: Superlative degree → The : āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž (best) → The
Q9. I have ___ European friend. : āĻŽā§ā§° ___ āĻāĻā§°ā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article
Explanation: “European” starts with ‘yu’ → consonant → a : “European” = ‘yu’ āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a
Q10. ___ Earth revolves around ___ Sun. : ___ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ ___ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§ā§°ā§āĨ¤ Option : (a) a, a (b) an, the (c) the, the (d) no article
Explanation: Unique objects → The Earth, The Sun āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠→ The āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§
Q11. He is ___ engineer. : āϤā§āĻāĻ ___ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article
Explanation: “engineer” starts with vowel → an : āϏā§āĻŦā§°āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ → an
Q12. She plays ___ violin. : āϤā§āĻāĻ ___ āĻŦā§āĻšāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻāĻžā§āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article
Explanation (Eng): Musical instruments → The : āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻāϤ → The
Q13. He waited for ___ hour. : āϤā§āĻāĻ ___ āĻāĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article
Explanation: “hour” has silent ‘h’ → vowel sound → an : “hour” āϤ ‘h’ āύā§āĻļā§āύāĻž āϝāĻžā§ → an
Q14. ___ rich should help the poor. : ___ āϧāύ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§āĻž āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻšāĻ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
(a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article
Explanation: “The + adjective” = whole class → The rich : “The + adjective” = āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ → The
Q15. This is ___ unique idea. : āĻāĻāĻā§ ___ āĻ
āύāύā§āϝ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĨ¤ Option : (a) a (b) an (c) the (d) no article
Explanation: “unique” starts with ‘yu’ → a : “unique” ‘yu’ āϧā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ → a
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