Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles with the help of the hint in the…
2023
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles with the help of the hint in the brackets:
Tim lives in _____ small village in _____ country. (We are referring to a specific country here.)
- A.
a ; a
- B.
the ; the
- C.
a ; the
- D.
the ; a
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Correct answer: C
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. So, 'the' will be used.
So, option (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'. So, (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, the correct option is (C).