Question

Fill in the blanks using appropriate articles:
My friends live in _____ old house in ______ small village. There is _____ beautiful garden behind ______ house. I would love to have _____ garden like that.

i) an ; a ; the ; the ; the
ii) an ; a ; a ; the ; a
iii) a ; a ; a; a ; a
iv) an ; a ; a; a ; the

Answer 1

Hint: The article a is used before singular things, common nouns and words which start with a consonant. The article an is used before things one in number and which starts with a vowel. The article ‘the’ is used when we are referring to a particular thing.

Complete answer:
In the given question, let us start with the first blank. The first blank is talking about an old house. We do not know which house it is. It could be any house. The word we have to take into consideration is ‘old’. It starts with a vowel. Therefore, the article will be ‘an’.

The second blank is before the word ‘small’. It starts with a consonant. So it will not be ‘an’. It is talking about a village. We do not know which village it is. So the answer will be ‘a’.

The third blank is before the word ‘beautiful’. It starts with ‘b’ so it will not be ‘an’. The sentence is talking about a garden. The garden may be any garden. So it will be ‘a’.

The fourth blank is referring to a house we have already referred to earlier in the paragraph. Therefore, we know which house we are talking about. Thus, it will be ‘the’ since we are talking about a specific house.

The fifth blank is talking about having a garden similar to the one already mentioned. It is not talking about the already mentioned garden. Thus, the answer will be ‘a’.
Therefore, the correct answer is option b.

Note: After filling the multiple blanks, it is advised to the students to reread the sentence using the options because there is a high probability of marking the wrong answer as a right one because of the multiplicity of options.