Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words with the help of the hint in the brackets.
In his childhood, he lived with ______ grandfather, _______ poor tailor. (specific grandfather)

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

Answer 1

The correct option is C the/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, article "the" will be used because it is given that the 'grandfather' is specific. Therefore, DEFINITE article will be used.

In the second blank, 'poor tailor' is a general noun, therefore, article "a" will be used.