Question

Choose the grammatically correct option from the following.

• A. I live in a house in a street in the countryside. The street is called “Bear Street” and the house is old - more than 100 years old!
• B. I live in the house in the street countryside. The street is called “Bear Street” and the house is old - more than 100 years old!
• C. I live in a house in the street in the countryside. The street is called “Bear Street” and the house is old - more than 100 years old!
• D. I live in a house in a street in the countryside. The street is called “Bear Street” and a house is old - more than 100 years old!

Hint:

Use “a” only on first mention of the house/street; every later mention needs “the”.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The rule being tested here is simple: use “a” the first time something is mentioned, and “the” every time after, once both speaker and listener know exactly which one is meant.

1. Option A: First mention: “a house”, “a street” (both new information); second mention: “the street”, “the house” (both now specific and known). This follows the rule exactly.
2. Option B: Uses “the house” and “the street” right from the first mention, before they have been introduced, and also drops a needed “in” between “street” and “countryside”.
3. Option C: Introduces “a house” correctly, but then uses “the street” on its very first mention, which is inconsistent.
4. Option D: Gets the first sentence right, but incorrectly reintroduces “a house” in the second sentence with “a” instead of “the”, even though the house was already named in the first sentence.

So the correct answer is option A.