Question

Choose an appropriate article to fill in the blank:
Have you had ___ dinner yet?

Answer 1

Hint: Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. For specific nouns, use the definite article ‘the’ and for non-specific nouns, use the indefinite article ‘a or an’.

Complete answer:
Articles are a form of speech in their own right. Both "the" and "a/an" are articles in English, and they combine with a noun to form a noun phrase. Articles usually define the noun phrase's grammatical definiteness, but they often bring additional grammatical details such as gender, number, and case in many languages. Determiners, which can include demonstratives, possessive determiners, and quantifiers, are a wider category that includes papers.

Before the names of meals, we do not use articles.
For instance, Mother is preparing lunch or Dinner is ready.
If there is an adjective before a meal, such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner, we use a. When we're talking about a specific meal, we use the.
For instance, I had a late dinner the other night.
The lunch we had at the restaurant yesterday was delicious.
In the above sentence, we are not talking about any specific meal and there is no adjective before the meal. Therefore, we will not add any article in front of the meal.

So, the correct answer is: No article.

Note: An article that marks a definite noun phrase is known as a definite article. The use of definite articles, such as English, to refer to a specific member of a group or class is common. It may be something that the speaker has already discussed or something that is otherwise new. An indefinite article is one that marks a noun phrase with an indefinite ending. Indefinite articles are those that do not belong to a single recognisable person, such as "some" or "a" in English.