Direction: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select option No substitution required.

I'm sure that this is an place where my son was killed.

Question

Question

Answer 1

The correct answer is "this is the place".

Key Points

In the given sentence, the noun 'place' is specific or particular.
The definite article 'the' is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.
'A' and 'an' are indefinite articles, which means that they refer to, or introduce, an unspecified noun.
- We use an indefinite article in front of a noun when we're not referring to a particular person, place, thing or idea, but we want to convey that we're talking about any person, place, thing or idea.
- We use 'a' before a consonant sound, and we use 'an' before a vowel sound.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

Additional Information

There are three articles: a, an, and the. Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective.

RULES	COUNT NOUNS	NON-COUNT NOUNS
Specific identity not known	a, an	(no article)
Specific identity is known	the	the
All things or things in general	(no article)	(no article)

Correct Sentence: I'm sure that this is the place where my son was killed.