Question

"People are crowding around ___ pit into which ___ elephant has fallen. I have never seen an elephant looking more bewildered ___ miserable. Here it is in a most undignified position, thrust into a pit and made to look up ___ a vast, curiosity-stricken crowd." Choose the option with the correct sequence of words to fill the blanks.

• A. an; a; at; and
• B. a; an; and; at
• C. and; a; an; at
• D. at; a; an; and

Hint:

Match each article to whether the next word starts with a vowel or consonant sound.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Each blank in this passage needs either the right article, matched to the sound of the word that follows it, or the right connecting word.

1. Blank 1, before "pit": "pit" starts with a consonant sound, so it needs "a", not "an".
2. Blank 2, before "elephant": "elephant" starts with a vowel sound, so it needs "an", not "a".
3. Blank 3, between "bewildered" and "miserable": the sentence lists two qualities together, so it needs the joining word "and", not "at".
4. Blank 4, before "a vast, curiosity-stricken crowd": the phrase "look up at" is the standard way to describe glancing upward toward something, so this blank needs "at".

Putting these together gives "a; an; and; at", which matches only the second option.