Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ boy was shy and always looked down when _______ grown-ups spoke to him.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

the/no article

The first blank refers to boy, and the second to grown-ups. Since the boy is specified to the one that's shy, definite article of "the" will be used in the first blank.

Thus, A, C and D cannot be the answers.

Grown-ups is an adjective acting as a noun here, thus no article will be used in the second blank.

Thus, E cannot be the answer.

B is the answer.