Question

Exercise 6. Inset articles (a, an, the) in the blank spaces:

Delhi, (a) ............ national capital, has (b) ..............population exceeding sixteen million. This is(c) .............only city of its size in(d) ............world which earlier depended mainlyon buses as .(e) .........most popular means of mass transport. With(f) ...........view to reducing(g) ........... problems of Delhi’s commuters and improving(h) ..............quality of transport,(i) .............. Govt. of India thought of introducing(j) .............rail-based system. Thus(k) ............... Metro Rail Project was launched in 1995.

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Answer 1

Answer:

• Delhi the national capital, has a population exceeding sixteen million.
• This is the only city of its size in the world which earlier depended mainly on bus as the most popular means of mass transport.
• With the view of reducing the problems of Delhi's commuters and improving the quality of transport, The government of India thought of introducing a rail-based system.
• Thus, the metro rail project was launched in 1995.

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• Articles are type of determiners that is mostly used and known.
• Determiners are words which identify or specify a noun in some or the other way.
• The different types of determiners include: Articles,quantifiers, demonstratives, possessives, distributives and interrogatives.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Delhi, (a) the national capital, has (b) a population exceeding sixteen million.

This is (c) the only city of its size in (d) the world which earlier depended mainly on buses as (e) the most popular means of mass transport.

With (f) the view to reducing(g) the problems of Delhi’s commuters and improving (h) the quality of transport, (i) the Govt. of India thought of introducing (j) a rail-based system.

Thus, (k) the Metro Rail Project was launched in 1995.

Explanation:

• Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.
• There are three articles used ; A , AN and THE.