Question

I don't like to come home late in _ evening. an — In the test sentence ‘I don't like to come home late in _ evening.’ we are given the gap before the noun ‘evening’ that in combination with the preposition ‘in’ is the common time expression (the part of the day) -the time adverbial. In some time expressions we use the definite article ‘the’: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, during the night, etc. But time expressions can be confusing, because in sometime expressions no article is used: at night, at noon, at midnight, etc.As in the test sentence the definite time expression is given, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (the).

Accepted Answer

a the c

Question	I don't like to come home late in _ evening.
A	a
B	an
C	the
D	—
Answer	c
Remark	In the test sentence ‘I don't like to come home late in _ evening.’ we are given the gap before the noun ‘evening’ that in combination with the preposition ‘in’ is the common time expression (the part of the day) -the time adverbial. In some time expressions we use the definite article ‘the’: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, during the night, etc. But time expressions can be confusing, because in sometime expressions no article is used: at night, at noon, at midnight, etc.As in the test sentence the definite time expression is given, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (the).

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