Choose the correct article from the following options.
The Earth moves round ___ sun.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The
Complete sentence: The Earth moves round the sun. There is only one sun.
| Option | When to use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) A | means any one of many. There are not many suns to choose from | I saw a star near the moon. |
| (2) An | comes before a vowel sound. “Sun” begins with the consonant sound “s” | We waited for an hour in the sun. |
| (3) The (answer) | before things that are one of a kind (the sun, the moon, the sky) | The moon looked very bright last night. |
| (4) No article | plural or uncountable nouns used in a general sense. “Sun” here is a common noun for the one sun we all know, so it needs “the” (“The Earth moves round sun” is wrong) | Stars shine brightly on a clear night. |