Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
If you live in _______ foreign country you should try and learn _______ language.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is A a/the

OPTION "A" 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, article "a" will be used as 'foreign country' is a common noun.

In the SECOND blank, article "the" will be used because here language is 'DEFINITE', peculiar to that foreign country.