(a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in the correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space. (4) Example: (0) came From the dense jungle, the man-eater ____ 0 ____ (come) forth, a huge male in his prime, but with a limp, the legacy of a porcupine whose quills ____ 1 ____ (still double) into his flesh and ____2 ____ (turn) him man-eater. For years he ____ 3 ____ (hunt) men by day, because they ____ 4 _____ (be) more plentiful then than at night, but human being ___ 5 ____ (become) scarce in the jungle now. Now the tiger ____ 6 ___ (swing) his great head round towards the far village of Chauk. He ____ 7 ____ (kill) there once before. Yes, that ____ 8 _____ (be) the place.
Answers
1 still doubled
2 turned
3hunted
4 had been
5became
6 swung
7was killed
8 had been
Answer :
According to the Cambridge English Dictionary :
'Main verbs have three basic forms: the base form, the past form and the -ed form (sometimes called the ‘-ed participle’):
Base form: used as the infinitive form, with to or without to (Do you want to come with us? I can’t leave now.) and for the present simple (I always read before I go to sleep every night.) except third person singular, which uses the -s form (She works at the university.)
Past form: used for the past simple (He opened the door and went out.)
-ed form: used after auxiliary have and be (I’ve always wanted a piano and I was given one last week.).'
The complete passage filled in with the correct form of the words given in brackets is as follows :
From the dense jungle, the man-eater 0 came forth, a huge male in his prime, but with a limp, the legacy of a porcupine whose quills 1 still doubled into his flesh and 2 turned him man-eater. For years he 3 had hunted men by day, because they 4 had been more plentiful then than at night, but human beings 5 had become scarce in the jungle now. Now the tiger 6 swung his great head round towards the far village of Chauk. He 7 had killed there once before. Yes, that 8 had been the place.