Matching Pairs Articles with Abstract NounsOnline version Match the sentence with the suitable article and grammar explanation. by Irina Gavrilova 1 The government made compensation payments to farmers hit by _____ extreme weather (bloomberg.com). 2 Such beliefs helped to keep slavery and _____ racial segregation alive for years (evangelicaloutpost.com). 3 It all started with _____ sudden genuine curiosity for this whole marriage business (charlotteobserver.com). 4 I wasn't satisfied with _____ education I received from my university, so I started a postgraduate course (lingq.com). 5 I returned from West Point inspired to turn _____ curiosity into an active quest (businessweek.com). 6 To escape _____ boredom of winter camp life, soldiers often sent letters to folks back home (washingtontimes.com). 7 So if the grass is two feet high, the flames could reach _____ height of eight feet (omaha.com). The indefinite article 'a' with an abstract noun denoting a certain kind of a quality. The noun nearly always has a descriptive attribute. The definite article 'the' as the noun 'weather' is used in a general sense. The definite article 'the' with an abstract noun modified by a particularizing attribute. The indefinite article 'a' with the nouns 'period, population, distance, height, salary', etc. followed by of + numeral + noun. No article as an abstract noun is used in a general sense. No article with an abstract noun used in a general sense and modified by a descriptive attribute in pre-position. The definite article 'the' with an abstract noun as the situation makes the idea definite.
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