6. Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete Venu’s narration.
Venu: Suppandi, what are you doing standing all alone here?
Suppandi: Uncle, I’m trying to win a Nobel prize.
Venu: How will standing in my rice field help you win a Nobel?
Suppandi: because, that’s how it’s won. I’ve heard that the people who have won Nobel prizes
were all out standing in various fields.
Venu: Oh!
I saw Supanddi standing in the field. When I -(i)- doing there, he -(ii)- he was trying to
win a Nobel prize. I was confused and enquired how standing in the rice field would help
him do so. He stumped me by saying that he -(iii)- won Nobel prizes had all been outstanding in their fields!
(i)
a) exclaimed what he was
b) told him what he was
c) asked him what he was
d) says to him about what
(ii)
a) ordered that
b) refused that
c) questioned that
d) replied that
(iii)
a) has heard that people who has
b) was hearing that people who were
c)had heard that people who had
d) did hear that people who had
Answers
Fill in the blanks questions consists of a blank space in a sentence which needs to be filled to make a meaningful sentence.
- In the given question, we need to fill in the gaps for the given narration.
- The correct narration after filling in the blanks is -
Venu: Suppandi, what are you doing standing all alone here?
Suppandi: Uncle, I’m trying to win a Nobel prize.
Venu: How will standing in my rice field help you win a Nobel?
Suppandi: because that’s how it’s won. I’ve heard that the people who have won Nobel prizes were all outstanding in various fields.
Venu: Oh!
I saw Supanddi standing in the field. When I asked him what he was doing there, he replied that he was trying to win a Nobel prize. I was confused and enquired how standing in the rice field would help him do so. He stumped me by saying that he had heard that people who had won Nobel prizes had all been outstanding in their fields!
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