Question

Complete each sentence with the appropriate word from the options given below.
When Thomas heard his alarm clock go off, he got up and opened _ _ _ _ _window.
A) The
B) A
C) An
D) Up

Answer 1

Hint: The words a or an and the are called articles. They come before nouns. There are two types of articles definite and indefinite article. A and an are indefinite articles and the is a definite article.

Complete answer:
Option A: The is a definite article. The window that is opened by Thomas was a particular window. So we use the article for particular known so hence the correct sentence is
When Thomas heard his alarm clock go off, he got up and opened the window. So the correct option is (A).
Option B: A is an indefinite article and not used for a particular noun. It is used for indefinite persons or things. A is used with a noun that does not start with a vowel sound, A article is used in, A is used in its original numerical sense of one; as, Twelve inches make a foot and sometime in the sense of any, to single out an individual as the representative of a class; as A pupil should obey his teacher.
Option C: An is an indefinite article and not used for a particular noun. It is used for an indefinite person or things. An is used with nouns that start with a vowel sound(a, e, i, o, u).
Option D: Up is used in a sense to make something large and use up as an adverb to talk upward movement for example He put the box up on the cupboard.

Note:
Definite article use with superlatives, with ordinals, before the name of certain books, before names of things unique of their kind, and when a singular noun is meant to represent a whole class.