Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition:
(A) Come …………..ten ………………….the morning.
(B) Rohan is allowed to watch television ……………… an hour………………..dinner.
(C) The library is open ………………… Monday ………………. Saturday.
SECTION- D (LITERATURE)
Answers
The articles 'a, an, the' are placed before nouns, to modify or describe them.
'A' and 'an' are indefinite nouns: they refer to those nouns that are non-specific, their identity is not made known. For e.g. 'a man', 'a duck in the pond', etc.
'The' is a definite article and refers to a specific noun, whose identity is made known. e.g. 'The woman in that shop', 'the fruit from this tree', etc.
In the given sentence, the noun 'country' is a specific noun, hence 'the' will be used.
So, options A 'a; a' and D 'the; a' can be eliminated.
Option B: 'The' is used for 'country'. But, it is not used for 'village.
A country has many villages. It is not mentioned which village 'Tim' lives in. So, 'the' cannot be used for 'small village'. Hence B is incorrect.
Option C: Since the noun 'village' is non-specific, 'a' is suitable. The use of 'the' for the noun 'country' has already been explained.
Hence, option C is correct.
Answer:
A. Come at ten in the morning.
B. Rohan is allowed to watch television only an hour before dinner.
C. The library is open on Monday and on Saturday.
(In the B & C one, no preposition fits the the first & latter half respectively.. it has to be joint with a conjunction or adverb.)