Question

By the time we reached Howrah station we
(1)..... (be) forty-eight hours on
the train. We
....(2) (leave) Jammu right on time and
....(3) (make) excellent progress when we
....(4) (reach) Khanna, in Punjab.
There, at an unmanned level crossing, the engine ran into a tractor and
....(5) (go) off the rails, with four of the front carriages. Had the train not been travelling
slowly at that stage, many lives
.....(6) (be) lost. As it was, several passengers
.....(7) (suffer) serious injuries. The tractor
.....(8) (reduce)
to scrap, though the driver was lucky to escape.
....(9) (see) the oncoming
train, he
....(10) (jump) to safety.​

Answer 1

Answer:

By the time we reached Howrah station we

(1)..... (be) forty-eight hours on

the train. We

....(2) (leave) Jammu right on time and

....(3) (make) excellent progress when we

....(4) (reach) Khanna, in Punjab.

There, at an unmanned level crossing, the engine ran into a tractor and

....(5) (go) off the rails, with four of the front carriages. Had the train not been travelling

slowly at that stage, many lives

.....(6) (be) lost. As it was, several passengers

.....(7) (suffer) serious injuries. The tractor

.....(8) (reduce)

to scrap, though the driver was lucky to escape.

....(9) (see) the oncoming

train, he

....(10) (jump) to safety.

Answer 2

Answer:

1) were

2) had left

3) made

4) had reached

5) went

6) would have been

7) suffered

8) reduced

9) Seeing

10) jumped off