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That's . . . . . . . . good idea.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Here, 'idea' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts without vowel sound. 'A' article will be used.
32
A bird in hand is worth two in . . . . . . . . bush.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Here, a specific bush is being talked about. 'The' article will be used.
33
Tracey has been in . . . . . . . . prison for a year. Last Sunday his father went to . . . . . . . . prison to see him.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The first blank won't take any article as the use of prison here indicates its primary purpose. The second blank shall take 'the' as Tracey's father went to the prison Tracey was in.
34
It is . . . . . . . . one act play.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
No article is required.
35
Last year I spent . . . . . . . . few days in Mumbai with a cousin from America.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Here, 'days' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts without vowel sound. 'A' article will be used.
36
Do you think that I could ever learn to speak . . . . . . . . Japanese . . . . . . . . way . . . . . . . . Japanese speak it?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
We do not use articles in front of proper nouns. Since 'Japanese' is a proper noun (in the first case it refers to the language, the second time it refers to the people) we omit the article in the first blank.
When the proper noun refers to a group of people, like 'the Japanese' collectively refers to the citizens of Japan, we use the definite article 'the'.
The noun 'way' is specific as it expresses a particular manner in which the Japanese speak.
37
What sort of . . . . . . . . person is he? He is such . . . . . . . . nice fellow.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The first blank is followed by words which act as a reference to the person we are talking about, so it won't take any article. The second blank will take 'a' as 'a' is followed by a noun complement.
38
. . . . . . . . bus signaled that it was turning left into the side street.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
In the given sentence, we are talking about a particular bus that gave a signal before taking a turn. Thus, in this case, the use of a definite article is required.
39
You must have . . . . . . . . aim in life.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Here, 'aim' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts with vowel sound. 'An' article will be used.
40
The hen lays . . . . . . . . egg per day.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Here, 'hen' is a general class and therefore indefinite article will be used. Word after the blank starts with vowel sound. 'An' article will be used.