Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
"___________ English cannot make ________ good coffee", she thought leaving ________ restaurant. [Advanced]

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

Answer 1

The correct option is E the/no article/the

The first blank refers to English, the second to coffee and the third to restaurant.

English is used to denote the British people and are a specific community. Thus, specific determiner "the" will be used in the first blank.

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

Coffee has been preceded by an adjective good, which starts with a consonant and not a vowel, thus an cannot be used before it.

A cannot be the answer.

The restaurant is specified to be a particular restaurant where they had coffee, thus specific determiner "the" will be used.

E is the answer.