Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable option
The children were eagerly waiting to eat a _______ cake.
a) delicate
b) dainty
c) appetizing
d) delicious

Answer 1

Hint: If we know the meanings of the given words, we can easily fill in the blank. A cake is supposed to be tasty/yummy. So select the option which means tasty/yummy. Identify the meaning of the words in the options and see why it is not appropriate to be used in the sentence.

Complete answer:
The correct answer is option d. The synonym of tasty/yummy is delicious. A cake is delicious which is why children love eating it. Food which tastes good is termed as delicious. Other examples are “The food was so delicious they could not stop praising it”.
Option a is wrong because delicate means something which is very frail and can break easily. Like glass is delicate. Delicate can also be used for describing people- a delicate woman. That means a woman who is very sensitive.
Option b is incorrect because dainty is used for things that are small are pretty. That girl has such dainty hands. Dainty is usually used to describe people’s features among other things. It is not used to describe food.
Option c is incorrect because “appetizing” refers to anything which makes you feel hungry or anything which “stimulates your appetite”. For example, if you smell chocolate in a shop, you feel hungry for a chocolate cake. It is not used to directly describe food because food doesn't really stimulate your appetite, it fulfills your appetite.

Note:
Remember that just because the word “appetizing” has to do with the appetite, it does not mean it can be used with reference to food all the time. We have to see in what context the food has been used in the sentence and then proceed to use it.