Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
The first of _______ January is _______ holiday in many countries.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is C no article/a

OPTION "C" 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, "no article" or "zero article" will be used because "no article" is used before the 'month's name'. For instance - January, February etc.

In the second blank, holiday is a common noun. Therefore, article "a" will be used.