Fill in the blank with the correct article:
Last Tuesday was ______ hottest day of the year in our town.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → the
Complete sentence: Last Tuesday was the hottest day of the year in our town. “Hottest” is the highest form of “hot”. It picks out one day above all the other days of the year.
| Option | When to use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) a | “A” means any one of many things; the hottest day is only one day, not any day | It was a hot day, so we stayed indoors. |
| (2) an | before a vowel sound; “hottest” begins with a clear h sound, which is a consonant sound | We waited an extra day for the rain. |
| (3) No article | plural or uncountable nouns used in a general sense; “day” is a singular noun that can be counted, and here it is one particular day | Summers in Rajasthan are very hot. |
| (4) the (answer) | before the highest form of a describing word | Monday was the coldest morning of the winter. |