Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ apple _______ day keeps _______ doctor away.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is A an/a/the

OPTION "A" 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, article "a" will be used because 'apple' is a common noun.

In the second blank, article "a" will be used because 'day' is a common noun.

In the third blank, article "the" will be used because the speaker is mentioning someone specific/definite like a doctor who can be hypothetically kept away by eating an apple everyday.