Question

Complete the passage given below by choosing from the alternatives given.


Once upon (a)_____ (a, an, the) time, there lived (b)_______ (a, an, the) man who had two

daughters. (c)_____ (a, an, the) elder daughter was called Rose. (d)______ (a, an, the)

younger one was Aileen. It was now time (e)______ (for, to, also) the father (f)_____ (for, to, also) find them suitable husbands. After (g) _______ (a, an, the) long search (h) _____

father found (i) ______ (to, two, too) brothers who would suit (j) ______ (his, her, him)

daughters.​

Answer 1

Question :

Complete the passage given below by choosing from the alternatives given.

Once upon (a)_____ (a, an, the) time, there lived (b)_______ (a, an, the) man who had two  daughters. (c)_____ (a, an, the) elder daughter was called Rose. (d)______ (a, an, the)  younger one was Aileen. It was now time (e)______ (for, to, also) the father (f)_____ (for, to, also) find them suitable husbands. After (g) _______ (a, an, the) long search (h) _____  father found (i) ______ (to, two, too) brothers who would suit (j) ______ (his, her, him)  daughters.​

Solution :

Once upon (a) $\underline{\bold{\ a \ }}$ time, there lived (b) $\underline{\bold{\ a \ }}$ man who had two  daughters. (c) $\underline{\bold{\ The \ }}$ elder daughter was called Rose. (d) $\underline{\bold{ \ The \ }}$   younger one was Aileen. It was now time (e) $\underline{\bold{\ for \ }}$ the father (f) $\underline{\bold{\ to\ }}$ find them suitable husbands. After (g) $\underline{\bold{\ a \ }}$  long search (h) $\underline{\bold{\ the \ }}$ father found (i) $\underline{\bold{\ two \ }}$  brothers who would suit (j) $\underline{\bold{\ his \ }}$  daughters.​

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More informations :

• Articles are of two kinds.

1. Definite article (the)
2. Indefinite article (a, an)

Definite article i.e. the is used before a noun to indicate that the noun is known to others. Whereas indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun when the noun is unknown to others.

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Prepositions are used before a noun or pronoun to to join that noun/pronoun with other parts of sentence.

Ex : for, at, after, along, above, except, from, near, of, before, since, between, upon, with, to etc.

Answer 2

Once upon (a) a (a, an, the) time, there lived (b) a (a, an, the) man who had two daughters. (c) the (a, an, the) elder daughter was called Rose. (d) The (a, an, the) younger one was Aileen. It was now time (e) for (for, to, also) the father (f) to (for, to, also) find them suitable husbands. After (g) a (a, an, the) long search (h) The father found (i) two (to, two, too) brothers who would suit (j) his (his, her, him)  daughters.

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Thus the answers are:

a) a

b) a

c) the

d) The

e) for

f) to

g) a

h) The

i) two

j) his

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Knowledge cell:

What are articles?

The, a, and an.

• "The" is used to refer to specific nouns;
• a/an is used to modify non-specific nouns.

What are preposition?

Any word or phrase that is used before a noun or pronoun to show place, time, direction, etc. Example: to, from, up