Question

(B1) Do as directed
i) His father is
teacher but he wants to be---- Engineer.
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Answer 1

His father is a teacher but he wants to be an engineer.

Articles

• Words that specify and modify nouns or pronouns in a sentence are called articles in English grammar.
• Articles are determiners and specify the noun or pronoun in a sentence as a specific or general one.
• The articles include 'a, an, the'.
• The choice of usage of these articles depends upon whether the noun in the sentence is specific or general.
• The article 'the' is a definite article and represents particular specific nouns like 'the Taj Mahal'.
• Articles 'a' and 'an' are non-definite and represent non-specific general nouns.
• Choosing within non-specific articles depends upon the sound of the word (noun/pronoun) that follows the article.
• For noun or pronoun that begins with consonants, then the article 'a' will precede; and for those that begin with a vowel, then 'an' article will precede the noun or pronoun.
• Like, a cricket ball, a lemon; an elephant, an airplane.
• Since the noun in the given sentence begins with the vowel 'e', the article 'an' should precede the noun.