Question

Complete the following paragraph by filling the blanks with an appropriate verb in
the Simple Past Tense choosing from the four options given for each.
At a low lying secondary school, half a mile from the sea in Japan, children (1)
up in the
playground for a post-earthquake headcount. But, the instant they (2)
the tsunami coming, and
with little more than seconds to spare, the staff (3)
_ 450 teenagers to a pre-planned fallback
site on higher ground. The school (4)
utterly wrecked, but every single pupil in it that
day (5)
. Even the teachers who (6)
homes, (7)
to sleep
alongside their students on evacuation center mattresses to make sure that they (8)
after.
1. (a) had line (b) lined
(c) has lined
(d) had be lined
2. (a) saw
(b) has saw
(c) has seen
(d) had saw
3. (a) get
(b) had get
(c) got
(d) has got
4. (a) has been
(b) had being
(c) was
(d) were
5. (a) was lived
(b) has lived
(c) live
(d) lived
6. (a) has had
(b) had
(c) had had
(d) have had
7. (a) gone
(b) has gone
(c) had went
(d) went
8. (a) was look (b) were look
(c) were looked
(d) had looked​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) had

2)saw

3)got

4)had being

5)were

6)lived

7)gone

8)were looked