Fill in the blank with an appropriate article:_____ Mount Everest is t...
Explanation:
In English grammar, articles are used before nouns to indicate whether we are referring to a specific or general thing. There are two types of articles: definite (the) and indefinite (a/an). In this sentence, the correct article to use is no article (d) because:
- Mount Everest is a proper noun, which means it refers to a specific thing. Therefore, we do not need an article to specify which mountain we are talking about.
- Also, the sentence is making a general statement about Mount Everest's height, so we do not need to indicate whether there are other mountains like it.
Therefore, the correct sentence is:
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate article:_____ Mount Everest is t...
Indefinite articles ‘a’ or ‘an’ are used when the noun is not specific. ‘Mount Everest’ is a proper noun and cannot be said to be an unspecific thing. Therefore indefinite articles cannot be used with it; hence Option B and C are incorrect. As per the rules of use of articles, definite article ‘the’ can be used before a proper noun when it is qualified by an adjective or a defining adjectival clause. In this question, the adjective ‘tallest’ is qualifying the noun ’mountain’ but ‘Mount Everest’ is not qualified by any adjective, thus we cannot use the Option A ‘the’ with it. Also as per the rules of use of articles, the use of article is omitted before most proper nouns like names of people, continents, countries, cities, individual mountains, islands etc. therefore we can say Option D ‘No article’ is the correct answer.