Question

Choose the correct sentence: .

• A. He was first person to arrive.
• B. He was the first person to arrive.
• C. He was a first person to arrive.
• D. He was first person to arrive

Answer 1

Answer:

B. He was the first person to arrive.

• "First" is an ordinal number. When used to specify a position in a sequence (like being the initial person), it must be preceded by the definite article "the".