Question

Fill the blank [17] in the given passage with the most appropriate option.

• A. a
• B. an
• C. the
• D. No article required

Answer 1

The correct option is A a

There are three articles. 'A' and 'an' are indefinite articles, 'the' is definite article.

'A' is used before words having consonant sound as the first heard sound when pronounced.

'An' is used before words having vowel sound as the first heard sound when pronounced.

No article is used before plural countable nouns and before proper nouns.

'The' is used before definite and specific things, ordinal numbers, superlatives etc.

The blank here is preceded by the word'beautiful temple'. 'beautiful' is an adjective which is telling more about the 'temple'. It is used in its general sense and nothing specific has been mentioned. 'Beautiful' gives consonant sound as the first heard sound when pronounced. Therefore, Option A - 'a' is the suitable option to fill in the blank.

Option B - 'an' is not suitable as the word 'beautiful' conveys consonant sound and not vowel sound as the first heard sound when pronounced.

Option C - 'the' is not suitable as 'aerial' is just description about the view and nothing specific or special or unique is mentioned here.

The completed sentence, thus, becomes : We also saw a beautiful temple of Lord Shiva there.