Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
France covers _______ area of 551000 sq kms.

• A. the
• B. a
• C. no article
• D. an
• E. one

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

an

OPTION "D" is the correct answer.

EXPLANATION:

There are two types of articles:

DEFINITE ARTICLE (THE) : Article 'the' is used to refer to a DEFINITE thing or person.

INDEFINITE ARTICLE(A/AN): Article 'a/an' is used to refer to a thing or person in general. For instance: man, door etc.

Article 'a' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds.

In the first blank, the speaker is making a general statement ( mentioning something for the first time ) and 'area' has a 'vowel sound', hence article "an" will be used.