Question

fill the blanks with appropriate article
Africa is ---2nd largest continent.Although it begins less than50 miles south of spain,Africa remained ----mystery to---the old world explorers for huundred of years.The northern part of Africa is ----huge bleak desert ----Sahara which made overland travel from ...............Mediterranean coast difficult and dangerous.
Added to this, ................ Arabs who lived there did not welcome Christians and without
their help ............... journey was just about impossible. It was not until ............... eighteenth century that northern explorers managed to get past ................. Sahara desert in 'darkest Africa'.

Answer 1

Answer :-

Africa is the 2nd largest continent.Although it begins less than 50 miles south of spain,Africa remained a mystery to [✘] the old world explorers for hundred of years.The northern part of Africa is a huge bleak desert the Sahara which made overland travel from the Mediterranean coast difficult and dangerous.

Added to this, the Arabs who lived there did not welcome Christians and without their help the journey was just about impossible. It was not until the eighteenth century that northern explorers managed to get past the Sahara desert in 'darkest Africa'.

$\textbf{\underline{\underline{Additional Information :-}}}$

Articles are determiners. The words 'a' , 'an' and 'the' are called articles. They do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to.

Example: a shop, the shop, the lady etc.

'A' and 'an' are indefinite article because it because they do not point out to any particular or definite noun. They are used before singular nouns, countable nouns and indefinite nouns.

Example :

I saw $\bf{\red{an}}$ eagle perched on $\bf{\red{a}}$ cliff.

Article 'a' comes before consonant sound.

Article 'an' comes before vowel sound (a,e,i,o,u).

Use of Definite Article - The.

It is used to specify something or someone definite. It refers to a noun that is neither understood (by the reader or listener) or has been previously referred to by the writer or speaker.

Example: $\bf{\red{An}}$ owl was perched on a peepal tree. $\bf{\red{The}}$ owl was sleeping.

The indefinite article 'an' is used for apple in the first sentence. In the second sentence article 'The' is used to indicate the same owl already talked about in first sentence.

Answer 2

Answer =

africa is the second largest continent. although it begins less than fifty miles south of spain, africa remained a mystery to the old world explorers for hundreds of years. the northern part of africa is a huge bleak desert- the sahara which made overland travel from the mediterranean coast dangerous and difficult. added to this, the arabs who lived there did not welcome christians and without their help the journey was just impossible.it was not until the eighteenth century that northern explorers managed to get past the sahara desert in 'darkest africa'