Question

Read the text below and correct the 4 grammatical errors related to articles (a, an, the).

Katy Evans was mystified when she couldn’t find her pet tortoise, but luckily she didn’t have to wait too long. After being missing from her home for four days, Tilly an tortoise was found wandering around the local supermarket.

Mia Allan, who works at the store, said, “At first, I thought it was one of the toys from the toy aisle, so I had an big shock when I went to pick it up.”

Tilly went missing from the Driden area – 3 miles away from a supermarket. Katy’s mother saw a picture of Tilly in the supermarket window and immediately went to claim her. “I was so relieved – Katy has been heartbroken. I just don’t understand how she could have got that far without anyone noticing her.”

Dave Hope, a zoologist from Ranmar Zoo, said, “It would have been quite an experience for Tilly.”

Answer 1

The text contains four grammatical errors related to the use of articles. 'An tortoise' should be 'the tortoise,' 'an big shock' should be 'a big shock,' and 'from a supermarket' should be 'from the supermarket.' The use of 'a zoologist' is correct unless specific context requires 'the zoologist.'

Step-by-step explanation:

The grammatical errors related to articles (a, an, the) in the text can be corrected as follows:

• The phrase 'an tortoise' should be corrected to 'the tortoise'. 'An' is used before words that start with a vowel sound, while 'the' is used for something specific that has already been mentioned.
• The phrase 'an big shock' should be 'a big shock'. 'A' is used before words that start with a consonant sound.
• The sentence '...from the Driden area – 3 miles away from a supermarket.' is missing the article 'the' before 'supermarket', so it should be 'the supermarket' as it refers to a specific supermarket already mentioned.
• In the sentence '...a zoologist from Ranmar Zoo', the article 'a' is used correctly before 'zoologist' because it starts with a consonant sound and refers to any zoologist, not a specific one previously known to the reader.

Another potential error wasn't specified, but 'Dave Hope, a zoologist...' could potentially need 'the' before 'zoologist' if there has been previous mention of this specific person in context.