Question

Complete the sentence with the most appropriate answer from those given below.

What was life like before ____ computer?

• A. A
• B. His
• C. An
• D. The

Answer 1

The correct option is D The

We use 'the' before names of things unique to their kind. As we are talking about life before the invention of this specific machine (the computer), option D is the correct answer.

Options A and C are incorrect because we use 'a' and 'an' before non-specific and generic nouns. As this is not the case in this sentence, these options are incorrect.

Option B is incorrect because we are not talking about a person's own computer rather we are talking about the invention of the machine itself.