Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct article, where necessary, to complete the sentence:

While there is _______ life there is a hope.

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The proverb 'While there is life there is hope' uses life in an abstract, uncountable sense. In such fixed expressions, no article is used before abstract nouns when they represent concepts rather than specific instances. 'A/an/the' would be grammatically incorrect here.

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