Fill in the blank with the correct article:
Our grandparents were born in the last century, but we are children of ______ twenty-first century.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → the
Complete sentence: Our grandparents were born in the last century, but we are children of the twenty-first century. There is only one twenty-first century, so it is one particular time.
| Option | When to use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) an | “An” means any one of many and goes before a vowel sound; “twenty-first” begins with a consonant sound | She waited for an auto outside the station. |
| (2) a | “A” means any one of many | Dev bought a kite at the fair. |
| (3) the (answer) | before an ordinal number: words like first, second and tenth that show the order of things | Our flat is on the second floor. |
| (4) No article | plural or uncountable nouns used in a general sense; “century” is a singular noun that can be counted, so it needs an article | Children today grow up with mobile phones. |