(FUNDATEC) - QUESTÃO

Analyse the following sentences:

∙ _____ Earth goes round ______ sun.

∙ There’s ______ lift on his building, so he doesn’t mind living on _______ tenth floor.

∙ There are millions of stars in ________ space.

Mark the alternative that correctly and respectively fills the blancks:

Ⓐ the / the / the / the / –

Ⓑ – / the / a / a / the

Ⓒ the / the / a / the / –

Ⓓ – / – / a / the / the

Ⓔ the / the / a / the / the

Analyzing we have:

1. _____ Earth goes round ______ sun.

• When talking about our planet and our star in the astronomical sense, we use the Earth and the Sun.
  Answer: the / the

2. There’s ______ lift on his building, so he doesn’t mind living on ______ tenth floor.

• “Lift” here is singular, countable, mentioned for the first time → use a lift.

• “Tenth floor” is ordinal → we always use the tenth floor.
  Answer: a / the

3. There are millions of stars in ________ space.

• "Space" (outer space) is an uncountable noun, used without an article.
  Answer: –

So the sequence is: the / the / a / the / –