Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ death of her husband resulted in _______ loss of her home also.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

the/the

The first blank refers to death and the second to loss. Since death is a specific event, the will be used in the first blank.

Thus, A, B, D and E cannot be the answers.

The loss is specified to be the of her home and thus definitiv=e article "the" will be used in the second blank.

Thus, C is the answer.