Which of the following sentences use the articles correctly?
(A) Mummy bought half a dozen bananas from the cart outside.
(B) Tara is tallest girl in our class.
(C) Rohit came home by metro after the match.
(D) The children pointed at moon from the terrace.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Mummy bought half a dozen bananas from the cart outside. — Correct.
- In a phrase like “half a dozen”, “a” comes after “half”.
- “Dozen” begins with a consonant sound, so “half a dozen” is right.
(B) Tara is tallest girl in our class. — Incorrect.
- “The” must come before the highest form of a describing word, such as tallest or best.
- Here “tallest” has no “the” before it.
- Correct form: Tara is the tallest girl in our class.
(C) Rohit came home by metro after the match. — Correct.
- After “by” with a way of travel (by bus, by metro), no article is used.
- “By metro” has no article, so the sentence is right.
(D) The children pointed at moon from the terrace. — Incorrect.
- “The” comes before a thing there is only one of, such as the moon or the sky.
- Here “moon” has no “the” before it.
- Correct form: The children pointed at the moon from the terrace.