Question

Fill in the blank with the correct determiner.
Shalini studies in ____________ University.
A) The
B) An
C) A
D) No change

Answer 1

Hint:Determiners are words that are placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. There are four main types of determiners – articles, possessives, demonstratives and quantifiers.

Complete answer:
Here in this question, articles should be used to complete the sentence. Articles are a, an and the.
Option A) The – is an incorrect answer because ‘the’ is used before words that have been mentioned previously in a given context. The is the definite article and it is used to signify the specific items. So, use of ‘the’ in the blank is an incorrect choice.
Option B) An – is an incorrect answer because ‘an’ is used before vowel sounds and it is used to introduce singular nouns. However, university is a vowel sound but it is starting with a consonant word “you”. So, we will not use an in the blank. Thus, this is an incorrect choice.
Option C) A – is the correct answer because ‘a’ is used before the consonant and ‘a’ is used before the singular noun. University is pronounced as ‘you’ and ‘y’ is a consonant word. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option D) No change – this is an incorrect option because the correct answer lies in option C.

Hence the correct answer is option C.

Note:The article 'a' should always be used before words that start with consonant sounds. So, we need to understand that if a word begins with a vowel, but has an initial consonant sound such as in the word university – ‘you’ and ‘y’ so we will use the article 'a' before it. So, Option C is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.