Question

Complete the sentence with the best option from those given below.

In my grandmother's dining room, there was ____ glass-fronted cabinet .

• A. A
• B. An
• C. The
• D. This

Answer 1

The correct option is A A

'An/A' is used as an indefinite article for a thing or person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. It states the random nature of the subject.

'The' is used as a definite article for a thing or person when the reader knows which one we are exactly referring to. It states the specific nature of the subject.

"This'' is a pronoun and an adjective depending on the usage.

Hence Option A is correct as it perfectly suits the meaning of the sentence by letting us know about a single random glass-fronted cabinet. We use A with a singular countable noun.