Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word:
_________ Corsica is an island in _______ Mediterran sea

A. The, The
B. No article required, No article required
C. No article required, the
D. The, No article required

Answer 1

Hint:The first part of the sentence i.e. ‘_________ Corsica is an island’ talks about a general thing, whereas the second part of the sentence i.e. ‘in _______ Mediterran sea’ points out at a specific sea.
Make sure that you know where to use ‘the’.

Complete answer:
As rightly mentioned in the hint, the first part of the sentence i.e. ‘_________ Corsica is an island’ talks about a general thing, whereas the second part of the sentence i.e. ‘in _______ Mediterran sea’ points out at a specific sea. Therefore, we need not use any article in the first part, whereas in the second part we have to use ‘the’ because we are specifically mentioned/ talking about Mediterran island.

Here are a few examples which would help us in finding out when to use definite and indefinite article:
Taj Mahal is located in India, which is one of the 7 wonders in the world. ( Here, we have used ‘the’ in front of wonders because we are talking about the listed 7 wonders in the world, it is very specific)
The little girl cried out to buy her the same dress which her friend wore. (Here, the girl cried because she specifically wanted the dress which her friend had wore)

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:It is very essential to know when to use ‘the’ and when not to.
‘The’ is used when we are specifically pointing out at a particular issue/ thing etc.
Whereas a is used when we are talking about a general noun. For example, ‘Could you lend me a pencil?’ Here, we are not specific about any particular pencil, that’s why we use ‘a pencil’.