Discussion
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. If no word is required, select 'No word required'. Shanti selected _____ largest piece of her favourite cake.
Answer: B
The correct word is 'the'. The sentence 'Shanti selected the largest piece of her favourite cake' needs the definite article, because a superlative such as largest names one particular piece that stands above all the others, and the definite article is used before a superlative.
The indefinite article 'a' does not go with a superlative of this kind, since there is only one largest piece. 'One' would make the phrase mean a single piece and leaves the sentence unnatural ('one largest piece'). 'No word required' is wrong because 'largest' is a superlative with no possessive or other determiner before it, so the article is needed.
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