Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Did you come by ______ air?
No, I came by _______ sea. I had a lovely voyage on _______ Queen Elizabeth II.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is B no article/no article/the

OPTION "B" 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, "no article" will be used because no article is used with natural things ( air).

In the second blank, "no article" will be used because the speaker is answering the question, talking something general.

In the third blank, "Queen Elizabeth" is the name of a ship, hence a proper noun, Hence, article "the" will be used.