Question

A minister in the government whose knowledge of English was very poor (0) ______

(provide) with a secretary (1) ______ (write) speeches for him. “(2) ______ (Give) me

fifteen minutes speech on the non alignment movement,” (3) ______ (order) the

minister.

The text was prepared to last fifteen minutes. But when the minister proceeded (4)

______ (make) his speech, it took him half an hour to do so. The organizers of the

conference (5) ______ (upset) because their schedule (6) ______ (disturb). The minister

was upset because his secretary had let him down. He upbraided him, “I (7) ______ (ask)

for a fifteen minute, you gave me a half an hour speech. Why?” he demanded.

“Sir, I gave you a fifteen minute speech, but you (8) ______ (read) out its carbon copy as

well​

Answer 1

was provided

to write

give

ordered

made

were upset

was disturbed

asked

read

Explanation:

• The given passage is to be completed according to the correct words given in the bracket.
• The correct form of the verb is to be filled.
• The action in the given passage has been done in the past and has completed, therefore the past form of the verb has been used.
• Simple past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous tense are the types of past tense.

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Answer 2

A minister in the government whose knowledge of English was very poor was provided with a secretary to write speeches for him. “Give me fifteen minutes speech on the non alignment movement,” ordered the minister.

The text was prepared to last fifteen minutes. But when the minister proceeded made his speech, it took him half an hour to do so. The organizers of the conference were upset because their schedule was disturbed. The minister

was upset because his secretary had let him down. He upbraided him, “I asked for a fifteen minute, you gave me a half an hour speech. Why?” he demanded.

“Sir, I gave you a fifteen minute speech, but you read out its carbon copy as well.