Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of articles:
Rekha lodged ______ FIR about her stolen scooter, and ______ scooter was found near the bus depot two days later.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → an ... the
“An” before a short form read letter by letter, “the” for a thing already named:
First blank: “FIR” is read letter by letter: F-I-R. The letter F is said “ef”, so the word begins with a vowel sound. That is why it takes “an” and not “a”.
Second blank: The scooter is already named earlier in the sentence (“her stolen scooter”). We use “the” for a thing that is already known.
Complete sentence: Rekha lodged an FIR about her stolen scooter, and the scooter was found near the bus depot two days later.