Question

_ Kilimanjaro is situated in Tanzania. an the We do not use any article with individual mountains: Mount McKinley, Kinabalu, Mount Kenya,Namhan Mountain, Huascaran, Mount Nimba, Sagarmatha etc. But we do use the definite article ‘the’ with mountain ranges (geographic areas containing numerous geologically related mountains):the Rocky Mountains, the Andes, the Alps, the Urals.In the test sentence ‘_ Kilimanjaro is situated in Tanzania.’ we are given the name of the individual Tanzanian mountain Kilimanjaro. Thus, we cannot use any article with it. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 3.

Accepted Answer

a — c

Question	_ Kilimanjaro is situated in Tanzania.
A	a
B	an
C	—
D	the
Answer	c
Remark	We do not use any article with individual mountains: Mount McKinley, Kinabalu, Mount Kenya,Namhan Mountain, Huascaran, Mount Nimba, Sagarmatha etc. But we do use the definite article ‘the’ with mountain ranges (geographic areas containing numerous geologically related mountains):the Rocky Mountains, the Andes, the Alps, the Urals.In the test sentence ‘_ Kilimanjaro is situated in Tanzania.’ we are given the name of the individual Tanzanian mountain Kilimanjaro. Thus, we cannot use any article with it. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 3.

Article Mount Kilimanjaro Situated Individual Mountain Tanzania C