Articles are generally not used with the names of individual islands, such as Sicily.
Articles are not used with individual islands, but are used with groups of islands. Since Sicily is an individual island, no article is needed.
| Task | Have you ever been to _ Sicily? |
|---|---|
| Answer | 4 |
| a | a |
| b | an |
| c | the |
| d | — |
| comment | We do not use the definite article ‘the’ with individual islands: Prince Edward Island, Java, Sumatra,Panay, Bali, Cebu, Sardinia etc. But we do use the definite article ‘the’ with groups of islands: theCanaries, the Pacific Islands, the Frisian Islands (or the Wadden Islands).In the test sentence ‘Have you ever been to _ Sicily?’ we are given the name of the individual Italian island Sicily. Thus, we cannot use any article with it. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 4. |
| topic | articles |
| level | 1 |
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