Which of the following sentences use the articles correctly?
(A) The workers of the factory formed an union to ask for better pay.
(B) Aman bought a dozen bananas for the school picnic.
(C) I ordered a dosa and an idli, but a dosa was cold.
(D) After the match, both teams had dinner together.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (D) only
(A) The workers of the factory formed an union to ask for better pay. — Incorrect.
- “A” or “an” depends on the first sound of the next word.
- “Union” begins with a “yoo” sound, which is a consonant sound, so it takes “a”.
- Correct form: The workers of the factory formed a union to ask for better pay.
(B) Aman bought a dozen bananas for the school picnic. — Correct.
- Before a number word like “dozen”, “a” means one.
- “A dozen bananas” means twelve bananas.
(C) I ordered a dosa and an idli, but a dosa was cold. — Incorrect.
- When a thing is named for the second time, we use “the”.
- The dosa is already named in the first part of the sentence.
- Correct form: I ordered a dosa and an idli, but the dosa was cold.
(D) After the match, both teams had dinner together. — Correct.
- The names of meals, such as lunch and dinner, take no article in general use.
- “Had dinner” is right.