Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words with the help of the hint in the brackets:
Soon our team scored ______ goal and won ______ game. (non-specific goal and a specific game)

• A. the/the
• B. a/a
• C. a/the
• D. the/a
• E. an/the

Answer 1

The correct option is C a/the

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, article "a" will be used as the goal is 'not specific'.

In the SECOND blank, the game is 'specific' , hence, article "the" will be used.