He liked .... yellow shirt in the shop and bought it.
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He liked .... yellow shirt in the shop and bought it.
- A.
a
- B.
an
- C.
the
- D.
in
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Correct answer: C
Answer: 'the'.
Explanation: The sentence refers to a specific shirt in the shop, so the definite article 'the' is required: 'He liked the yellow shirt in the shop and bought it.'
Why not 'a' or 'an': These are indefinite articles used when the noun is not specific. Here the speaker means a particular shirt, so the definite article is needed.
Why not 'an' specifically: 'Yellow' begins with a consonant sound (/j/), so 'an' would not be used before it even if an indefinite article were appropriate.
Why not 'in': 'In' is a preposition, not an article, so it cannot function to introduce the noun phrase 'yellow shirt' in this context.