Choose the best option to fill in the blanks.
There was _____ robbery in _____ university campus. _____ thief entered _____ boy's hostel and took away _____ laptop. _____ FIR was lodged by _____ Principal.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct Answer: a, the, a, the, a, an, the
Explanation
• a robbery, A thief, and a laptop: These are singular countable nouns introduced for the first time without specific identification, so the indefinite article 'a' is used before their consonant sounds.
• the university campus and the boy's hostel: These refer to specific locations understood from the context of the incident, requiring the definite article 'the'.
• An FIR: The abbreviation FIR begins with a vowel sound (/ɛf/), which takes the indefinite article 'an'.
• the Principal: Designations and official posts of a specific institution take the definite article 'the'.