Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
We had ________ very nice meal. ________ vegetables were especially good.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

a/the

OPTION "D" 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 the speaker is talking or mentioning about general meal.

In the SECOND blank, article 'the" will be used as article "the" is used to refer to something 'definite' ( specifically that meal's vegetables )