Use of articles before kettle and fire.
Hello,
I was doing an exercise relating to Articles/Determiners and I encountered a problem which I cannot explain thus need some help.
The question is spot the error in the given sentence :-
"The old woman placed kettle on fire and come back to the bedroom."
My answer is that I should place definite article "The" before kettle but the answer key in the book says that article "The" should be placed before fire and no mention of kettle. Now I think kettle is definite and specific and has a reference thus article "The" should be placed before kettle and I am not sure about "fire".
I will be grateful if anyone can explain to me why I should place article the before fire and what should I do with kettle.
Thank you!!
Top answer
" Your instructions are to spot the error. The errors are as follows. ) The word fire needs an article.
- " Your instructions are to spot the error.
- The errors are as follows.
- ) The word fire needs an article.
- ) The verb come should be the Simple Past tense came .
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"The old woman placed kettle on fire and come back to the bedroom."
Your instructions are to spot the error. You are not asked to correct it.The errors are as follows.
The word kettle needs an article ( The most suitable article is the kettle.)
The word fire needs an article. (The most suitable article is the fire.)
The verb
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