Question

a complete the following by filling in the blanks with the correct forms of verbs nive
ven in the brackets.
Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog when it (a)
(seems/seemed/is seeming/has seemed)
as if a tangible white darkness (b).
- (shut/shuts/is shutting/will shut) you in, and the great ship
(c)
- (grope/groped/groping/will grope) her way toward the shore, and you (d)
waited wait had been waiting had waited) with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship
before my education (e).
- (begins/began/begun/is beginning), only I (4)
- (belam/was!
been) without compass or sounding line and (8)
- (has/have/was/had been) no way of knowing
how near the harbour (h) –
- (be/is/was/had).​

Answer 1

1. seemed
2. shuts
3. grope
4. wait
5. begginging....been
6. has