Question

B. Insert a, an or the wherever needed in the following sentences and rewrite them.

1. We see moon at night
2. Kitty put ice cube in her lemonade.
3. Book you want is not in library.
4. This is peacock. Peacock has colourful feathers.
5. May I have envelope. I will put my letter in envelope.
6. Peter bought new bike. Bike is red and black.
7. There is orchard nearby. Orchard has many apple trees.
8. Ganges is holy river
9. Can I have piece of cake? Cake is very tasty.
10. Priti bought new raincoat. Raincoat is transparent

Answer 1

1. We see the moon at night.

2. Kitty put an ice cube in her lemonade.

3. The Book you want is not in the library.

4. This is a peacock. The peacock has colourful feathers.

5. May I have an envelope? I will put my letter in the envelope.

6. Peter bought a new bike. The bike is red and black.

7. There is an orchard nearby. The orchard has many apple trees.

8. The Ganges is a holy river.

9. Can I have a piece of cake? The cake is very tasty.

10. Priti bought a new raincoat. The raincoat is transparent

Explanation: If the next word begins with a vowel a,e,i,o,u or sometimes h, use an.

* A peacock has colourful feathers. is also acceptable.

5. May I have the envelope? is also acceptable if there is only one envelope available.

5. May I have an envelope?

8. The Ganges is a holy river. In the USA we pronounce "holy" with an aspirated "h" so a holy river. There are some places where "holy" is pronounced with an unaspirated "h" so they would write an holy.

We would write The train will arrive in an hour. H is not aspirated in "hour."