Which sentence would score well in IELTS Speaking for accurate article use?

In my country, education is becoming more expensive every year.

In my country, education become more expensive every year.

In my country, the education becomes more expensive every year.

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Articles: a, an and the exercises

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Guessing gets you through a quiz; understanding gets you through the exam. Read the full Articles: a, an and the lesson — Articles — a, an and the — are the small words that show whether a noun is one unspecified thing (a/an), one specific, identifiable thing (the), or a general category with no article at all. Article mistakes are the single most common grammar error in learner English, because many languages have no article system to transfer from.

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