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.

These restrictions had ensured high prices of food, and thereby high cooking cost, and when the servant brought the rich chocolate doughnuts to the table drenched in strawberry syrup and topped with vanilla ice-cream, Aunt- Jessie was taken by surprise.

  1. and when the servant brought the rich chocolate doughnuts to the table drenched in strawberry syrup and topped with vanilla ice-cream, Aunt Jessie was taken by surprise

  2. and when the servant brought the rich chocolate doughnuts, drenched in strawberry syrup and topped with vanilla ice-cream, to the table

  3. and when the servant drenched in strawberry syrup and topped with vanilla ice-cream, brought the rich chocolate doughnuts to the table

  4. and when the servant brought to the table, the rich chocolate doughnuts drenched in strawberry syrup and topped with vanilla ice-cream

  5. and when the servant brought to the table, strawberry syrup drenched and vanilla ice cream topped, rich chocolate doughnut

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The modifying clause modifies the correct word 'doughnuts'. The sentence is correct as the doughnuts (and not the table or the servant) are rightfully drenched in strawberry syrup and topped with vanilla ice-cream