Select the most appropriate option to replace the underlined part of the sentence. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No improvement’.
Every evening after school, Meera and her brother play the badminton on the terrace.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → badminton
No article before the name of a game:
- Names of games such as chess, kabaddi and badminton take no “a” or “the” when we talk about playing them.
- The given sentence says “play the badminton”. This is wrong: “the” is not used before the name of a game.
- Complete sentence: Every evening after school, Meera and her brother play badminton on the terrace.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: a badminton — Incorrect. The name of a game is not counted like “a ball” or “a racket”, so it takes no “a”.
Option 3: badminton game — Incorrect. “Game” is a noun we can count. A single countable noun cannot stand alone without “a” or “the”.