[Grammar] My favorite fruit is watermelon.

[sitifan]

1. My favorite fruit is watermelon.
2. My favorite fruit is a watermelon.
3. My favorite fruit is the watermelon.
4. My favorite fruit is watermelons.

Which of the above sentences is correct?
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[Raymott]

I'd say 1.

 

[sitifan]

5. My favorite animal is tiger.
6. My favorite animal is a tiger.

7. My favorite animal is the tiger.
8. My favorite animal is tigers.

Which of the above sentences is correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

#7.

 

[jutfrank]

2, 4, 5, 6, 8 are all wrong.

 

[utsavviradiya]

2, 4, 5, 6, 8 are all wrong.

Hi sir, You marked option 5 as incorrect, then why didn't you mark option 1 as incorrect? Aren't options 1 and 5 similar types of sentences?

 

[5jj]

Hi sir,

Please don't address us as 'sir'. We are all members together here - and many of us are female.

Aren't options 1 and 5 similar types of sentences?

'Watermelon' can be uncountable; 'tiger' is normally countable.