Question

Use appropriate articles:
I witnessed ______ accident this morning. _____ car crashed into _____ tree. ________ driver of ______ car wasn’t hurt, but ______ car was badly damaged.
a)a/A/the/A/a/a
b)an/A/a/The/the/a
c)an/A/a/The/the/the
d)a/The/a/The/the/a

Answer 1

Hint: We use articles to modify nouns and their functions. We use two types of articles in the English language; ‘the and a/an’. ‘The’ is used to refer to specific or particular nouns, whereas ‘a/an’ is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. ‘The’ is also known as a definite article and ‘a/an’ is known as the indefinite articles.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 As given in the hint, definite article ‘the’ is used to modify proper nouns or a particular noun, whereas indefinite articles ‘a and an’ are used to modify common nouns.
Example- We saw the Himalayas from a window. Here, ‘the’ is used to modify the proper noun ‘Himalayas’, whereas ‘a’ is used to modify the common noun ‘window’.
By using the article the, we’ve shown that it was one specific day that was long and one specific cup of tea that tasted good.
In the given question:
1)We can comprehend that X witnessed ‘an’ accident that morning. Here, we have used ‘an’ to modify the common noun accident and also because it begins with the vowel ‘a’.
2)Next, X saw ‘a’ car crashed into ‘a’ tree. Here, we have used indefinite article ‘a’ to modify the common nouns ‘car’ and ‘tree’, because we aren’t talking about a particular car or a tree.
3)X describes ‘the’ driver of ‘the’ car as unhurt. Here, we have used the definite article ‘the’ to modify the particular nouns ‘driver’ and ‘car’, because we are talking about a specific person and thing.
4)Lastly, X states that ‘the’ car wasn’t badly damaged. here, we have used ‘the’ to modify the particular noun ‘car’, because we are still talking about that particular car.
Now, let’s look at the given options-
Option a- ‘a/A/the/A/a/a’ is an inappropriate option, as we cannot use ‘a’ to indicate a particular or a specific thing. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option b- ‘an/A/a/The/the/a’ is an inappropriate option, as it utilizes wrong articles in the blanks. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option c- ‘an/A/a/The/the/the’ is the appropriate answer, as explained above. Hence, it is the correct option.
Option d- ‘a/The/a/The/the/a’ is an inappropriate option, as we can see the wrongful use of articles in the given blanks. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘c’.

Note: It is important to keep in mind that we can use the definite article ‘the’ with common nouns if they have mentioned or specified before.