Question

(a) Insert suitable articles in the following, where

required :

(i) Our house is closer to _____ District court

building than _____ railway station.

(ii) Raina travelled in _____ second-class

carriage with _____ few Americans.

(iii) _____ book on the shelf is _____

interesting one about _____ Gandhian

philosophy​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

(i) Our house is closer to _the_ District court building than _the_ railway station.

We are talking about specific locality therefore we will use 'the'.

(ii) Raina travelled in _a_second-class carriage with _a_ few Americans.

• Niether the carriage nor Americans are specified and both words 'second' as well as 'few' begin with consonants, therefore we will use 'a'.

(iii)_The_ book on the shelf is_an_interesting one about _the_ Gandhian philosophy.​

• We are talking about a specific book therefore we use 'the'.
• The word interesting starts with a vowel therefore we will use an.

1. There are three articles a,an, the.
2. A is used with consonants and consanants sounds.
3. An is used with vowels and vowel sounds.
4. The is used with proper nouns.