Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
On ______ first day, they stopped at ________ river and decided to make ______ camp.

A) the/a/a
B) the/no article/a
C) the/an/a
D) no article/the/no article
E) the/an/an

Answer 1

Hint: The first blank is used to refer to something specific while the second and the third blank are used to refer generally.

Complete answer:

In the given question we have to understand articles. Articles are words that are used before a noun, depending on whether it is definite or indefinite. They are three articles: a, an, and the. The article ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used to talk about someone or something whose identity is not known. In this, the article ‘an’ is used if the noun starts with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), and the article ‘a’ is used if the word starts with a consonant. The article ‘the’ is used when we are talking about someone or something whose identity we clearly know.
In the given question, the first blank is used to specify, and hence the article ‘the’ must be used. The second and third blanks are general words that start with a consonant and hence the article ‘a’ must be used.
Therefore, the correct answer is option ‘A’, the/a/a, as it is the only option that follows a given order.

Note: If the noun starts with a vowel but is talking about something in particular, then the article ‘the’ is used instead of ‘an’. E.g. The elephant in that temple is very famous.