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.
3. Write questions for the answers given in the brackets on the right hand side. One question has been
written as an example. [10 Marks]
(a) (the zoo) Have you ever been to the zoo ? (Yes, once)
(b) (attend/wedding) _________ ? (Yes, many times)
(c) (drive/a car) ___________________? (No, never)
(d) (meet/an accident) ____________ ? (No, never)
(e) (eat/a pizza) _____________ ? (Yes, many times)
(f) (fail/in Maths) _______________ ? (No, never)
(g) (see/dinosaur) _______________ ? (No, never)
(h) (be/to Mumbai) _____________ ? (Yes, twice)
(i) (go/a hill station) _____________ ? (No, never)
(j) (travel/ by an aeroplane) _____ ? (Yes, only once)
4. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb. [15 Marks]
(a) Are you ready? Yes, I _______ (finish) my work.
(b) By the time he was twenty, he _______ (write) two books.
(c) It was my mother who _____ (teach) me to read.
(d) I am so glad you ______ (pass) your examination.
(e) My mother _______ (teach) me to read before I went to school.
(f) He learnt then that his great grandfather ______ (fight) in the Battle of Jhansi.
(g) __you__ (hear) the noise in the street last night?
(h) Ajit was not in office when I _____ (ring) him up.
(i) The wind _____ (blow) the tree down.
(j) I said that you _______ (make) a mistake.
(k) He saw that I ______ (break) the glass.
(l) Before you awoke he ______ (swim) across the river twice.
(m) He always ____ (bear) his troubles very patiently.
(n) Sankalp _____ (run) a free school which _____ (provide) elementary education to children.
(o) The doctor _____ (repost) that there _____ (be) no change in the patient's condition.
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
I held my mother's hand as we walked to the doctor's house. It (a)Took (take) us about half an hour. There
(b)BEEN (be) a kind of dentist's chair in the doctor's room and I was made to sit in it. The doctor (c)HAD (has) a
round mirror strapped to his forehead and he (d)PEERED (peer) up my nose and into my mouth. He then (e)TOOK
(take) my mother aside and they (f)HELD (hold) a whispered conversation. I (g)saw (see) my mother looking
rather grim, but she (h) nodded (nod).
The doctor now (i)put (put) some water to boil in an aluminium mug over a gas flame, and into the boiling water
he (j)Placed (place) a long shiny steel instrument. I (k)SAT(sit) there watching the steam coming from the boiling
water. I (l)was not (be not) in the least afraid. I (m)Did not realize (not realize) that something out of the ordinary (n)Was
(be) going to happen.