Pick out the grammatically correct sentence from the following:
A. Varun took the cake and the apple pie to the party but only cake was eaten.
B. Varun took an cake and a apple pie to the part but only the cake was eaten.
C. Varun took a cake and an apple pie to the party but only the cake was eaten.
D. Varun took a cake and an apple pie to the party but only a cake was eaten.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → C only
(A) Varun took the cake and the apple pie to the party but only cake was eaten. — Incorrect.
- The cake has been mentioned already, so it needs "the": "only the cake was eaten".
- Correct form: Varun took the cake and the apple pie to the party but only the cake was eaten.
(B) Varun took an cake and a apple pie to the part but only the cake was eaten. — Incorrect.
- The articles are swapped: a cake (consonant sound) and an apple pie (vowel sound).
- "Part" should be "party".
- Correct form: Varun took a cake and an apple pie to the party but only the cake was eaten.
(C) Varun took a cake and an apple pie to the party but only the cake was eaten. — Correct.
- "A cake" and "an apple pie" are first mentioned with the indefinite article.
- The cake, now known, takes the.
(D) Varun took a cake and an apple pie to the party but only a cake was eaten. — Incorrect.
- "Only a cake" suggests some other, unknown cake.
- The cake already mentioned needs "the".
- Correct form: Varun took a cake and an apple pie to the party but only the cake was eaten.
Tip: In this question the options do not follow the order of the statements (Option 1 = D only, Option 2 = B only, Option 3 = A only, Option 4 = C only). NTA often jumbles the options in this way, so after finding the correct statement, read the options carefully and mark the one with the right letter.