Question

1. Fill in the blanks with simple present / past / future tense forms of the verbs given in brackets.
One day, a hare (a) _______(ridicule) the short feet and slow pace of the tortoise, who replied, laughing: "Though you be swift as the wind. I (b)_________
(beat) you in a race. The hare told himself: "How foolish he is! He (C)_________ (think) he can beat me in a race!" He agreed to the proposal on one condition. he said:"The fox (d)___________
(choose) the course and (e)_________ (fix) the goal". The tortoise (f)_______ (agree) to this suggestion. On the day appointed
for the race, the two (g)________
(arrive) at the spot on time. The fox flagged off
the race. He announced: "On your mark, ready, one two three (h)________ (start)!" The hare shot off and vanished from sight. But the tortoise did not even
(stop) for a moment, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end
of the course. The hare, well ahead in the race, was very over confident. He looked back and (j)_________
(can) see the tortoise nowhere on the track. He then told
himself: "It (k)____________
(take) ages for the tortoise to reach here. I feel bored___________
(take) a nap before he reaches
running this race alone. Let me (1)
here!" Soon he could be heard snoring in the shade of a tree. At last waking up, and moving as
(can), he (n)________________
(see) that fast as he (m)________
the tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after his fatigue. Slow but steady,__________ (win) the race.
the tortoise (o)________ (win) the race.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. ridiculed

b. will beat

c. thinks

d. will choose,

e. fix

f. agreed

g. arrived

h. start

i. Stop

j. could

k. takes

l. take

m. can

n. saw

win

o. won