Question

A: Can you tell me where ________ Room 25 is, please?
B: It is on _______ second floor.
Fill appropriate articles where necessary:
A) No article; no article
B) No article; a
C) a ; no article
D) No article; the

Answer 1

Hint: Articles are the words that are used to tell whether the given noun is specific or non-specific. There are two types of articles: definite and indefinite. Definite article is ‘the’ and it is used when we refer to a specific noun. Indefinite articles are ‘a,an’ and they are used to indicate non-specific nouns.

Complete answer:
A: Can you tell me where (no article) Room 25 is, please?
B: It is on the second floor.
The correct answers are No article; the.

Room 25 is a proper noun because R is written in capital and we are talking about a specific noun. We may or may not use ‘the’ with the proper noun that is clearly specified. Therefore, in the first sentence we do not use any article.

In the second sentence we use a definite article in order to specify which ‘second floor’ we are talking about. If we use ‘a second floor’ then, it could be a second floor anywhere. Also, ‘second’ is an ordinal and we use definite articles with the ordinals. Therefore, we use ‘the’ in the second sentence.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: Definite articles are used with some adjectives, superlative degree of adjective, something specific, musical instruments etc. They are not used with families, restaurants and similar buildings, county names (only in some cases), languages etc.