Question

5.
Read the paragraph given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the
most appropriate words from the given options.

After (a)_ a week in the cottage, he decided that he didn't really
enjoy (b) _in the countryside and began (c) _of an excuse for (d) _thecottage.

(a) (i) spending
(ii) have spent
(iii) spent
(iv)spends
(ii) have spent

(b)(i) to living
(ii) lived
(iii) living
(iv) lives

(c)(i)to thinking
(ii) to thought
(iii) thought
(iv) to think

(d)(i) sold
(ii) selling
(iii)sells
(iv)sale​

Answer 1

After (a) spending a week in the cottage, he decided that he didn't really enjoy (b) living in the countryside and began (c) to think of an excuse for (d) selling the cottage.

Explanation:

• The correct options are (A) (i) spending, (B) (iii) living, (C) (iv) to think, (D) (ii) selling.

• 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.

• The 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

After (a) spending a week in the cottage, he decided that he didn't really enjoy (b) living in the countryside and began (c) to think of an excuse for (d) selling the cottage.

Explanation:

• Tense is a grammatical category which defines the time of the action. The tense is used in verbs and conjunction.
• There are majorly three tense namely past, present and future.
• In the given example, the present continuous tenses are used in (a), (b) and (d) and infinitive in (c).