Question

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article
Mr. Brown is _____ teacher we have to impress.
A.A
B.An
C.The
D.They

Answer 1

Hint: The correct option to be chosen is used to modify specific or particular nouns. Also, it is a definite article. Thus, choose the most suitable option accordingly.

Complete answer:
The articles in English are the definite article the and the indefinite articles a and an. The definite article is used when the speaker believes that the listener knows the identity of the noun's referent (because it is obvious, because it is common knowledge, or because it was mentioned in the same sentence or an earlier sentence). The indefinite article is used when the speaker believes that the listener does not have to be told the identity of the referent. No article is used in some noun phrases.

Option A (a) is the incorrect answer. 'A' is an indefinite article. Indefinite articles are used for nouns that are not specific, or not known to the reader or listener since the noun here is specific so this option is not right.

Option B (an) is also an indefinite article which is not supposed to fit correctly in the sentence. Generally 'an' is used in the case of vowels. Therefore, this option is also wrong.

Option C (the) is absolutely the correct answer. In the given sentence ,the noun 'teacher' is followed by the clause 'we have to impress' that identifies it, the noun is made specific so definite article 'the' will be used. 'The' is the definite article which we use when the noun is known, and when we want to lay emphasis on the noun. Hence option C is correct.

Option D (they) is not an article. 'They' is a pronoun which is used for plural nouns, whereas what we need here is the article 'the' before the noun. Pronouns are used to replace nouns that have been mentioned before, we cannot place a pronoun before the noun, it is grammatically incorrect. Hence option D is incorrect.

Hence the correct answer is ‘C’.

Note: Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective. The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader. The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.