Select the appropriate Determiner - Article to fill in the blanks in the sentence given below:-
Rocky is introduced in ________ early sequence in ________ first.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → an, the
Articles a, an and the:
- An is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound, a before a consonant sound.
- The is used before ordinal numbers (the first, the second) and before something already known.
- This sentence: "early" begins with a vowel sound, so "an early sequence". "First" (the first film or part) is an ordinal, so "in the first".
Complete sentence: Rocky is introduced in an early sequence in the first.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: a, an — Incorrect. "A early" is wrong before a vowel sound, and "an first" is wrong both because "first" begins with a consonant sound and because an ordinal takes the.
Option 3: the, a — Incorrect. "A first" is wrong. An ordinal number takes the. "The early sequence" would also point to one particular sequence not mentioned before.
Option 4: the, the — Incorrect. The second blank is right, but the sequence is one of several early ones, mentioned for the first time, so it takes "an".