Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
I studied ___________ modern history at ________ university. In ________ last year I specialized in _______ history of ________ Turkish Independence War.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

no article / the / the / the / the

An indefinite article is used when we are talking generally about something whereas a definite article is used when we are talking about something specific.

The indefinite articles are 'a' and 'an'. An is used before a word starting with a vowel or vowel sound. A is used before a word starting with a consonant or consonant sound.

A definite article is an article that tells the uniqueness of something.

'The' is the only definite article.

The first blank won't take any article as 'modern history' is the name of a discipline. The second, third, fourth and fifth blank shall take 'the' as the sentence talks about a specific time's(history) particular event ( Turkish Independence War) which was studied by the speaker in a particular year (last year).

The correct answer is D) no article/the /the /the/the.

I studied modern history at the university. In the last year I specialized in the history of the Turkish Independence War.