Add a, an, some, the where necessary :
1 …...table has four legs.
2 There is … fly.in …….. Lemonade
3……….birds can fly very high in …….. sky.
4……...book on that shelf is …...interesting one about history.
5 Put……….butter on…….potatoes.
Answers
1. A table has four legs.
2. There is a fly in a Lemonade
3. A bird can fly very high in the sky.
4. A book on that shelf is an interesting one about history.
5 Put a butter on a potatoes.
Answer:
1. A table has four legs. Correct answer would be article A. Here, in this sentence, the object, which is table isn't defined well. We know that there is a table, but don't know which one and where it is. Hence, we use A because the object is still undefined.
2. A and The are the right answers. There is a fly in the Lemonade. In the above sentence, we know that a fly is in the lemonade, but there is no specific information about that which fly it is. Hence, we use article A, as noun fly is undefined. Now, we know about the lemonade, we know we are talking about which Lemonade. Hence, The is correct.
3. Some birds can fly very high in the sky. Some and The correct options here. We know that not all of the birds we see can fly high. For an example, Goose, Ducks, Parrots, etc can fly within certain height ranges. That is why, Some is the correct word to be filled. We know that there is only one sky. Hence, The is used for sky as the correct article.
4. A and An are the right words or articles here. A book on that shelf is an interesting one about History. Here again, Book is not described correctly. Hence, we used indefinite articles A and An here.
5. Put some butter on the potatoes. Some and the correct. Butter is a commodity and we use some quantity of it. Hence, Some would suit best here. Potatoes are countable noun. Therefore, The is used.