Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
In ________ past ________ most people lived by doing ________ agriculture.

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

Answer 1

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

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 shall take 'the' as the sentence talks about a specific time while the other two blanks won't take any article as 'most people' is uncountable and 'agriculture' is the name of an activity.

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

In the past most people lived by doing agriculture.