Fill in the blanks in List-I with the correct article from List-II:
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Articles) |
|---|---|
| (A) Kabir has been learning ______ Japanese for two years. | (I) the |
| (B) My grandmother says this brass lamp is ______ heirloom, so we must never sell it. | (II) No article |
| (C) Fishermen from Puri set out into ______ Bay of Bengal before sunrise. | (III) an |
| (D) What ______ lovely garden you have, Aunty! | (IV) a |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Kabir has been learning Japanese for two years. | (II) No article | No article goes before the name of a language. “Japanese” here is the language Kabir is learning. |
| (B) My grandmother says this brass lamp is an heirloom, so we must never sell it. | (III) an | “An” goes before a vowel sound. The h in “heirloom” is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound. (An heirloom is an old thing kept in a family for many years.) |
| (C) Fishermen from Puri set out into the Bay of Bengal before sunrise. | (I) the | “The” goes before the names of seas, bays and oceans. The Bay of Bengal is a large part of the sea. |
| (D) What a lovely garden you have, Aunty! | (IV) a | “A” comes after “What” in an exclamation before a singular noun that can be counted. “Lovely” begins with a consonant sound. |