Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
_______ moon has no ______ light. It is bright because _______ sun shines on it.

A. the/no article/ the
B. the/ a/the
C. No article/ no article/ the
D. the/ the/the
E. a/ an/the

Answer 1

Hint: Articles define the nouns as nonspecific or specific. Nouns are further classified into definite and indefinite articles. Articles are the words ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’. Like adjectives, articles also modify nouns by speaking about the object in general or specific.

Complete answer:
Articles are the words that define if something is specific or unspecific. Articles are classified into two types: definite and indefinite articles. A definite article is an article that associates a noun to one particular thing. ‘The’ is the definite article which defines its noun as something specific. For example, a definite article is used with something unique, something which was mentioned previously or is known, or something which is identified by the speaker.

For instance, in the sentence ‘please give me the book’
The speaker here refers to the specific book hence with the noun ‘book’ we use a definite article.
Indefinite articles are used in two forms i.e., ‘a’ and ‘an’. We use the indefinite article to refer to a general idea. Indefinite article ‘a’ is used with words that begin with consonants and ‘an’ is used with the words that begin with vowels.

In the above sentence ‘_______ moon has no ______ light. It is bright because _______ sun shines on it. ’the appropriate article will be option A: the/ no article/ the.
As the sentence specifies the specific noun that is moon and sun we will use the definite article. However, with the noun ‘light’ we will not use any article as it is an intangible thing.
The other options are incorrect because nouns ‘sun’ and ‘moon’ are specific nouns hence we use indefinite articles with them.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’

Note:To know the use of articles we must know what are nouns and types of nouns. : Before using the definite noun we must identify if the noun is a proper noun or not. With proper nouns, we use definite articles and with common nouns, we use definite articles. Also with the uncountable and plural nouns we don’t use indefinite articles.