Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article.
1He told me ............... interesting story yesterday.
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Use "an" before the vowel sound in "interesting" with a singular countable noun mentioned for the first time.
2He has ............... keen eye for detail.
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The fixed expression is "a" keen eye for detail.
3............... Life is complicated.
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Use "No article" when speaking about life in general.
4The minister ordered an official inquiry into ............... incident.
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Use "the" because the incident is specific and known from the context.
5He has no interest in ............... politics.
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Use "No article" before "politics" when it refers to the subject or field in general.
6She learned ............... philosophy at university.
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Use "No article" before "philosophy" when it names a subject of study in general.
7Raju is ............... accomplished cook.
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Use "an" before the vowel sound in "accomplished" with a singular countable noun.
8I reserved ............... table for three.
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Use "a" when reserving one table that has not been specified before.
9The suspect was taken into ............... custody.
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The fixed expression "taken into custody" is used without an article.
10The person who died in the riot was ............... social activist.
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Use "a" to describe the person's role as one social activist.
11............... tea is very strong. Please pour some more milk into it.
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Use "The" because the tea is specific and is referred to again as "it".
12What ............... pity that you failed the test!
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The natural expression is "a" in "What a pity!"
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- He told me an interesting story yesterday.
- He has a keen eye for detail.
- No article Life is complicated.
- The minister ordered an official inquiry into the incident.
- He has no interest in No article politics.
- She learned No article philosophy at university.
- Raju is an accomplished cook.
- I reserved a table for three.
- The suspect was taken into No article custody.
- The person who died in the riot was a social activist.
- The tea is very strong. Please pour some more milk into it.
- What a pity that you failed the test!