Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ earth moves round ______ sun. [Intermediate]

• A. An / the
• B. The / no article
• C. No article / the
• D. The / the

Answer 1

The correct option is D The / the

1. An/A' is used as an indefinite article for a thing or person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. It states the random nature of the subject.
2. 'The' is used as a definite article for a thing or person when the reader knows which one we are exactly referring to. It states the specific nature of the subject.

Option D is correct as 'The' refers to a particular subject & shows the uniqueness of the subjects. Earth and Sun are celestial bodies and are unique in nature. Option B is incorrect as the second blank requires an article to provide meaning to the given sentence. It doesn't make a proper sense. Option A is incorrect because 'An earth ' is wrong as An is used with singular countable noun that are random in nature. An earth is illogical here. Option C is incorrect as the first blank requires an article to bring out the meaning of the sentence.