Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

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."