Question

Choose the appropriate options from the ones given below to completethe following passage.
As a young boy I (a) ……….. to play on the groundnear my home. At the (b) ……… end of the groundwas a library. I had often seen people walk in and out of it (c) …………books in their hands. One evening I walked in and politely asked thelibrarian (d) ……..… a book.
(a) (i) was (ii) used (iii) are (iv) had
(b) (i) far (ii) near (iii) off (iv) hind
(c) (i) carried (ii) carrying (iii) carries (iv) carry
(d) (i) for (ii) him (iii) about (iv) to

Answer 1

a) used

b) far

c) carrying

d) for

Answer 2

(a) (ii) used

(b) (i) far

(c) (ii) carrying

(d) (i) for

Thus the given passage is,

As a young boy, I used to play on the ground near my home.

At the far end of the ground was a library.

I had often seen people carrying books in their hands around the library.

One evening, I walked in and politely asked the librarian for a book.