Question

Fill using appropriate articles:
A: It was ______ nice day yesterday, wasn’t it?
B: Yes, it was beautiful. We went for a walk by _____ sea.

A. A; the
B. The; a
C. A; a
D. The; the

Answer 1

Hint:Try to find out what we are talking about specifically and what we are talking in the general sense.Make sure that you are aware of the usage of ‘the’ and ‘a’ to be able to solve the given problem.

Complete answer:
‘Nice day’ is very general, that’s why we have to use ‘a’, whereas we are talking about a specific sea by which they went on a walk that day. That’s why we use ‘the’ before sea.
Therefore, the correct option is A.
For example:
A dog entered the building while everyone was busy with the celebration. (‘A’ is used in front of dog because dog can be of any kind which is not specifically mentioned, while building is very specific because we are talking about a specific building)
A girl was sitting all alone in the recreation club. (‘A’ is used in front of the girl because we are not sure about who the girl is, but we are sure about the place where she was sitting all alone which is the recreation club, that’s why ‘the’ is used in front of recreation club)

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:1. ‘The’ is always used to talk about a specific/ particular thing/ incident. ‘Let’s listen to the song’, indicates a specific song which they might have been discussing about previously.
2. ‘A’ is used to talk about a thing or a situation which is general. ‘Let’s listen to a song’, indicates us to listen to any song, there is no specification mentioned here, nor have we discussed any song prior.