Choose the sentences in which the articles are used correctly:
(A) Nurses at the hospital look after the sick day and night.
(B) My aunt is doctor in a government hospital in Patna.
(C) Anil bought new bicycle with the money he had saved.
(D) Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (D) only
(A) Nurses at the hospital look after the sick day and night. — Correct.
- “The” before a describing word such as “sick” means all people of that kind.
- “The sick” means sick people as a group.
(B) My aunt is doctor in a government hospital in Patna. — Incorrect.
- When we say what job a person does, we put “a” or “an” before the job.
- Correct form: My aunt is a doctor in a government hospital in Patna.
(C) Anil bought new bicycle with the money he had saved. — Incorrect.
- A singular noun that can be counted cannot stand alone. It needs an article or a word like “my” before it.
- “Bicycle” is such a noun, and it is named for the first time.
- Correct form: Anil bought a new bicycle with the money he had saved.
(D) Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. — Correct.
- A noun that cannot be counted takes no article when it is used in a general sense.
- “Water” here means all water, not some particular water.