Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
______ weather was rainy and we made ______ bet whether you would come.

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

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The/a

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 "the" will be used because they are discussing a specific day (DEFINITE) when the weather was raining. Therefore, a/an is incorrect.

In the second blank, article "a" will be used as the speaker is mentioning about the event for the first time.