Question

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets : [14 Marks]
I held my mother's hand as we walked to the doctor's house. It (a)______ (take) us about half an hour. There
(b)____ (be) a kind of dentist's chair in the doctor's room and I was made to sit in it. The doctor (c)_____ (has) a
round mirror strapped to his forehead and he (d)______ (peer) up my nose and into my mouth. He then (e)____
(take) my mother aside and they (f)_____ (hold) a whispered conversation. I (g)____ (see) my mother looking
rather grim, but she (h)_____ (nod).
The doctor now (i)____ (put) some water to boil in an aluminium mug over a gas flame, and into the boiling water
he (j)_____ (place) a long shiny steel instrument. I (k)_____ (sit) there watching the steam coming from the boiling
water. I (l)______ (be not) in the least afraid. I (m)______ (not realize) that something out of the ordinary (n)_____
(be) going to happen.

Answer 1

Answer:

1 take 2be 3has 4peer 5hold

Answer 2

Explanation:

a)took

b)was

c)had

d)peered

e)took

f)hold

g)saw

h)nodded

i)put

j)placed

k)sat

l)was not

m)did not realize

n)is

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