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Question 30

We were served ___ enormous breakfast at the hotel, far more than any of us could possibly eat.

  1. a
  2. anCorrect answer
  3. the
  4. (no article)

Explanation

Once a meal name is modified by a describing word it behaves like an ordinary countable noun, so it takes the indefinite article, and enormous begins with a vowel sound, giving an. The bare form would be right only for the general routine meal, not for one described occasion.

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