Which of the following sentences use the articles correctly?
(A) Every monsoon, Narmada floods several villages along its banks.
(B) Aditya wants to become a photographer after school.
(C) Mohan bought a kite and some string, but the kite got stuck in a tree within minutes.
(D) My cousins play the volleyball on the beach every Sunday.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B) and (C) only
(A) Every monsoon, Narmada floods several villages along its banks. — Incorrect.
- The name of a river always takes “the”.
- Here “Narmada” has no “the” before it.
- Correct form: Every monsoon, the Narmada floods several villages along its banks.
(B) Aditya wants to become a photographer after school. — Correct.
- “A” or “an” comes before the name of a job after “become”.
- “Photographer” begins with an “f” sound, a consonant sound, so it takes “a”.
(C) Mohan bought a kite and some string, but the kite got stuck in a tree within minutes. — Correct.
- “A” is used when a thing is named for the first time.
- “The” is used when the same thing is named again, as with “the kite”.
(D) My cousins play the volleyball on the beach every Sunday. — Incorrect.
- The name of a game takes no article.
- Here “volleyball” is the game, so “the” must go.
- Correct form: My cousins play volleyball on the beach every Sunday.