Question

Every year, the school organises ___ annual function. a) a b) an c) the d) no article required

Answer 1

Answer:

(b) an

Every year, the school organizes an annual function

Answer 2

The correct answer is (b)an.

Every year, the school organises an annual function.

• The blank has been filled by an indefinite article.

• Articles can be either definite or indefinite.

• Definite articles(the) are the ones used to denote something specific whereas indefinite articles(a, an) are the ones used to denote non-specific things.

• The article 'a' is used before consonants or consonant sounding words whereas 'an' is used before vowels or vowel sounding words.

• In this case, the word (annual) before which the article needs to be placed has a vowel( a)at the starting. Therefore, we need to use the indefinite article 'an'.