Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable article.
It usually takes me
hour to get ready​

Answer 1

A suitable article to use in the sentence will be:

It usuallt takes me an hour to get ready.

Uses of articles in English Grammar

• In the sentence above, we need to place an article before the word 'hour'. Hour is a common word which does not begin wth a vowel sound. For such a common word, we use the article 'an'.

• Article 'a' is used when a common word begins with a vowel sound.

• Article 'the' is the only definite article which is used when before a specified or proper noun.