Fill in the blank with the suitable determiner:
It is ______ unanimous decision taken by the team :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → a
Complete sentence: It is a unanimous decision taken by the team. Unanimous begins with the sound "yoo", a consonant sound, so it takes a: a unanimous decision.
| Option | When to use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) a (answer) | an before a vowel sound (an hour, an apple), a before a consonant sound. | She is studying at a university in Delhi. |
| (2) an | "An" goes before a vowel sound. The "u" in unanimous is sounded "yoo". | – |
| (3) the | "The" points to a decision already known. Here the decision is mentioned for the first time, and "taken by the team" only describes it. | – |
| (4) zero article | "Decision" is a singular countable noun and cannot stand without an article here. | – |