Question

4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions :


The clock ticked
______ the hall below and sea roared outside.
_____ candlelight flickered. The old, battered book bound
______ red leather lay open
_____ the table.​

Answer 1

The appropriate prepositions and articles for the given blanks in the passage are as follows:-

The clock ticked in the hall below and sea roared outside. The candlelight flickered. The old, battered book bound by red leather lay open on the table.

• prepositions are words that are placed before a noun in a sentence to establish the various relations it has with the other components in the given sentence.
• They indicate relations of time, space, location and direction.
• Articles are adjectives that modify a noun. There are 3 articles that are used in the English Language - a, an, and the.
• The articles "a" and "an" are used for singular words and general nouns. They are called indefinite articles.
• The article "the" is used for plural words or proper or definite nouns, often the subject in a sentence. It is called a definite article.