VI. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE ARTICLES:
1.She ate _ apple and two bananas.
2.Look at the heavy load_
elephant carries.
3.Holy book of Christian is _
Bible.
4.The dog is_
faithful animal.
5.Power has gone_
hour ago.
Answers
Answers:-
1.She ate an apple and two bananas.
2.Look at the heavy load the elephant carries.
3.Holy book of Christian is the Bible.
4.The dog is a faithful animal.
5.Power has gone an hour ago.
Articles
Articles are used before noun to denote whether the noun is a vowel or consonant .
There are three articles in English they are a , an , the.
The articles 'a' and 'an' are called Indefinite articles.
The article 'the' is known as Definite article.
Definite article is used when identity of the noun is known .
Indefinite article is used when identity of the noun is not known.
Answer:
- She ate an apple and two bananas.
- Look at the heavy load an elephant carries.
- Holy book of Christian is the Bible.
- The dog is a faithful animal.
- Power has gone an hour ago.
Explanation:
We are dealing with articles here.
The main articles are 'the', 'a', and 'an'.
'An' is used with the words starting with vowels(a, e, i, o, u).
'A' is used with letters other than vowels.
'The' is used with definite nouns.