Question

Put ________ bag on ________ table, then give me ________ apple and ________ bar of chocolate

Answer 1

Answer:

Put the bag on the table, then give me an apple and a bar of chocolate

Answer 2

Put the bag on the table, then give me an apple and a bar of chocolate.

• The above bold words are known as articles.
• The words, a,an and the are articles.
• Words starting with vowels i.e., a, e, i, o, u have 'an' before them.
• Other letters like j, g, k, l are consonants and have 'a' before them.
• The word 'the' is used when we refer to a particular object, location, etc.

In the above question, the bag is addressed to a particular type of bag. That is why the word 'the' is used here. The apple wasn't particular, but since it has a vowel as the first letter the article 'an' is used. But, the bar of chocolate has an 'a' because the first letter is a consonant, and is not particular.