Question

My friend was born in _ USA. an — In the test sentence ‘My friend was born in _ USA.’ we are given the gap before the name of the country – ‘USA’. We do not normally use the definite article with names: America, Austria, Barbados, Italy,France, Russia, Spain, etc. But we do use ‘the’ with countries that include the words ‘republic’, ‘kingdom’,or ‘states’ in their names: He is visiting the United Kingdom of Great Britain.; Connor is from the Republic of Ireland.; The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world by land area. So, we should use ‘the’ if the country’s name includes a common noun.The name of the country that is given in the test sentence (United States of America) includes the common noun ‘states’, therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (the).

Accepted Answer

a the c

Question	My friend was born in _ USA.
A	a
B	an
C	the
D	—
Answer	c
Remark	In the test sentence ‘My friend was born in _ USA.’ we are given the gap before the name of the country – ‘USA’. We do not normally use the definite article with names: America, Austria, Barbados, Italy,France, Russia, Spain, etc. But we do use ‘the’ with countries that include the words ‘republic’, ‘kingdom’,or ‘states’ in their names: He is visiting the United Kingdom of Great Britain.; Connor is from the Republic of Ireland.; The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world by land area. So, we should use ‘the’ if the country’s name includes a common noun.The name of the country that is given in the test sentence (United States of America) includes the common noun ‘states’, therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 3 (the).

Country Friend Born Test Sentence Names Includes Common