Question

Fill in the blank with the suitable word.
I saw ______ movie last night.
A. The
B. A
C. An
D. One

Answer 1

Hint: The word movie is singular and it begins with a consonant letter. You have to choose an article that corresponds to both these criteria.

Complete answer:

Articles are words that designate whether a given noun is distinct or indistinct. There are three articles- a, an, and the. Articles can function as adjectives in the sense that they precede nouns and can tell us more about their quantitative aspects.
Let us look at the uses of the three articles.
‘A’ is used when we are speaking about just one noun. Note that these nouns must begin with consonant letters like B, C, D, F, G, and so on. The article cannot be used with a noun that begins with a vowel. This would make it a grammatical error. For e.g. A mountain.
‘An’ is also used when we are speaking about just one noun. However, unlike the article a, the article is used before nouns that begin with the five vowels, namely, A, E, I, O and U. Using the article an along with a consonant would render it grammatically incorrect. For e.g. An egg.
‘The’ is used when speaking about more than one noun. E.g. The pens. The is also used when we are speaking about something in particular or when something has already been spoken about before. For e.g. The sun, The United States of America, etc.
In the above question, we have to use an article that stands for one noun and that can be paired with a consonant. This makes option ‘b’ a, the correct answer.

Note: Always check whether the noun is singular or plural and whether it starts with a vowel or a consonant.