Question

5...
10.
pelow with the appropriate form of the verb
Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate
Coiven in brackets. Do not write the passage, but write the verbs in the correct order. LOT
A man and his wife went to a racecourse. ...1... (Fascinate) by the sight of horses
2... (chase) one another around a track, the two of them kept ...3... (bet) all evening
till they had no more than two dollars left. The following day the man ...4... (gº) to
the course alone. There he saw a young horse. He bet on the horse and it won. He
put all the money he...5... (win) on another horse in the next race and again he won.
On the way back home he ...6... (pass) by a gambling den. So he ...7... (stop), went
in, and found himself standing in front of a gambling wheel. His inner voice said,
"Number thirteen." The man put the entire money he...8... (win) on number thirteen.
The wheel spun, and it...9... (announce), "Number fourteen." So the man walked back
home with no money. His wife called out to him from the porch, "How did it go?"
The husband ...10...(shrug) his shoulders and said: "I lost the two dollars."​

Answer 1

1.Fascinated

2.chasing

3 betting

4 went

5 won  

6 passes

7 stops  

8 wins

9 announces

10 shrugged

Explanation:

• The correct form of the verb must be used to show the tense of the sentence.

• The form of the verb depends on the word that is before the verb and the subject of the sentence and the tense.

• Second form of the verb is mostly used in the Past tenses, whereas the first forms of the verb are used in Present tenses.

• And in continuous sentences "ing" is added to show the action is still going on.

Answer 2

1.) Fascinated

2.) chasing

3.) betting

4.) went

5.) won

6.) passes

7.) stops

8.) wins

9.) announces

10.) shrugged