Fill in the blanks in List-I with the correct article from List-II:
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Articles) |
|---|---|
| (A) There is ______ electric scooter parked outside our gate. | (I) a |
| (B) Our ship stopped at ______ Nicobar Islands after leaving Port Blair. | (II) No article |
| (C) Raju wants to become ______ carpenter like his father. | (III) an |
| (D) Mrs Rao has taught ______ History at our school for twenty years. | (IV) the |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) There is an electric scooter parked outside our gate. | (III) an | “An” goes before a vowel sound. Here the describing word “electric” comes right after the article, and it begins with a vowel sound. |
| (B) Our ship stopped at the Nicobar Islands after leaving Port Blair. | (IV) the | “The” goes before the name of a group of islands. The Nicobar Islands are such a group. |
| (C) Raju wants to become a carpenter like his father. | (I) a | “A” goes before the name of a job after “become”. “Carpenter” begins with a consonant sound. |
| (D) Mrs Rao has taught History at our school for twenty years. | (II) No article | No article goes before the name of a school subject. History is the subject Mrs Rao teaches. |