Spot the sentence without any error by choosing the correct option:-
A. Rashmika is an university students.
B. Rashmika is university student.
C. Rashmika is a university student.
D. Rashmika is an university student.
E. Rashmika are the university student.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → C only
A or an: the choice depends on the sound, not the letter, at the start of the next word. "University" begins with the consonant sound "yoo", so it takes a. A singular countable noun such as "student" also needs an article.
A. Rashmika is an university students. — Incorrect.
- "An" should be "a", and one person cannot be "students".
B. Rashmika is university student. — Incorrect.
- The singular noun "student" has no article.
C. Rashmika is a university student. — Correct.
- "A" before the "yoo" sound, singular subject with "is" and singular "student".
D. Rashmika is an university student. — Incorrect.
- "An" is wrong before the consonant sound of "university".
E. Rashmika are the university student. — Incorrect.
- A singular subject takes "is", not "are", and "the" wrongly points to one particular student.
Example: He is a European, and she is an honest worker.