Choose the sentences in which the articles are used correctly:
(A) Every May, we go to the Shimla to stay with my aunt.
(B) The college gave the retired librarian an honorary membership of its reading club.
(C) Many families from Kochi now fly to the Maldives for short holidays.
(D) Nobody had expected such a large crowd at the school book fair.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C) and (D) only
(A) Every May, we go to the Shimla to stay with my aunt. — Incorrect.
- The name of a city or town takes no article.
- Correct form: Every May, we go to Shimla to stay with my aunt.
(B) The college gave the retired librarian an honorary membership of its reading club. — Correct.
- The h in “honorary” is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound.
- A word that begins with a vowel sound takes “an”.
(C) Many families from Kochi now fly to the Maldives for short holidays. — Correct.
- A country name in the plural takes “the” before it.
- “The Maldives” is right, just like “the Philippines”.
(D) Nobody had expected such a large crowd at the school book fair. — Correct.
- “Such” + a singular noun that can be counted takes “a” or “an” after “such”.
- “Such a large crowd” is right.