Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

When I was in Munich for a day, my elder sister took me in for a movie, bought me a new dress and treated me with a wonderful lunch that was cooked by her and her daughter.

  1. my elder sister took me in for a movie, bought me a new dress and treated me with a wonderful lunch that was cooked by her and her daughter.

  2. my elder sister took me out for a movie, brought me a new dress and treated me with a wonderful lunch that was cooked by her and her daughter.

  3. my elder sister took me in for a movie bought me a new dress and treated me with a wonderful lunch that was cooked by her and her daughter.

  4. my elder sister took me out for a movie, bought me a new dress and treated me with a wonderful lunch that was cooked by her and her daughter.

  5. my elder sister took me out for a movie, bought me a new dress and treated me a wonderful lunch that was cooked by her and her daughter.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Option (4) is grammatically the most correct option. (1) and (3) are incorrect because of incorrect phrasal usage 'took me in'. (2) is incorrect because 'brought' is used in place of 'bought'. (5) is incorrect because preposition 'with' is missing in the expression.