Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
In _________ afternoon __________ wind increased and they soon found themselves in _________ difficulties.
A) The / the / no article
B) An / a / the
C) No article / the / no article
D) The / the / a
E) The / a / the

Answer 1

Hint:Articles are the words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. An article is also known as determiners. There are three types of articles A, an and the. Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjectives.

Complete answer:
Option A) The / the / no article – is the correct answer because we use the article ‘the’ to refer to specific or particulars nouns and we use ‘the’ with any noun when the meaning is specific. For example: Who is the President of India? We use ‘the’ for definite articles with a superlative adjective. So, in first blank the is the correct answer and in second blank ‘the’ is again the correct choice and in third blank there is no use of writing any article as this blank does not require any article. So, this is the correct answer.
Option B) An / a / the – is an incorrect answer because we use article ‘the’ for definite articles and it is used for specific or particular nouns. A and an are used to modify non-specific and non-particular nouns and the article ‘a and an’ are used to refer to a person or thing in a general. 'A' is used with consonant sounds whereas article 'an' is used with vowel sounds. So, the use of this option is totally incorrect.
Option C) No article / the / no article – is an incorrect answer because in first blank we need an article i.e. the article will be used. Though the other two sub options are correct but for giving the correct answer we have to fill each blank with the correct article. So, this is an incorrect answer as first blank cannot be ‘no article’.
Option D) The / the / a – is an incorrect answer because ‘a’ in third blank is incorrect as this article cannot be used here because ‘difficulties’ is plural. So, the article will be used in the third blank. Thus, this is again an incorrect answer.
Option E) The / a / the – is an incorrect answer because in the second blank we do not need indefinite article i.e. a or an. In the second blank, article ‘the’ will be used because the speaker is specifically mentioning the 'afternoon wind'. And, third blank does not require any article. So, this is an incorrect answer.
In the afternoon the wind increased and they soon found themselves in no article difficulties. (Option A)

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:For answering such questions, it is very important to have understanding about the articles. So, the articles are a, an and the. These articles are lies into definite and indefinite articles. Definite article ‘the’ is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader. An indefinite article ‘a and an’ is used before a noun that is in very general. For examples: definite article: The dog that bit the rabbit ran away.
Indefinite article: A boy, an apple, an ugly duck, a University.
So, as per the rules of the articles Option A is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.