Question

A. Complete these sentences with the correct words from the text.
1. My uncle wants to_____
from the post of secretary of his club. (para 1)

2. The speaker____ even after the buzzer went off. (para 2)​
3. Pritha was excited because she was going to Antarctica, something she had____
to do all her life. (para 4)
4. The policeman will___
his identity only after the thieves are caught. (para 4)
5. The guards____
from their posts after the president had safely reached his
office, (para 9)
6. Mother could not_____
the squeaky noise the old fan was making, so she
switched it off. (para 17)​​

Answer 1

1. retire

2. continued

3. longed

4. reveal

5. withdrew

6. tolerate