Question

Complete the following passage using the simple past tense forms of the verbs given

in brackets.

Soma _____ (be) an adventurous girl. She _______ (want) to be a detective when she

_______ (grow) up. Her friend is all her adventures ______ (be) her faithful dog

Shwan.

Soma _________ (read) children’s editions of all Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie

and Bymokesh Bakshi stories. She ________ (think) she _________ (can) learn the

methods of master detectives from these tales. She __________ (wait) for a burglary,

blackmailing or murder which she and Shwan _________(will) solve.

The opportunity the little detective was waiting for _______ (come) one evening

when she ______ (heard) her father telling her mother that his mobile phone

________ (be) missing. Soma enthusiastically ________ (take) up the assignment. A

little while into the search, she ___________ (realize) that neither Holmes not Poi rot

had ever traced a mobile phone! She and her assistant _____ (go) about the house

looking for the little thing. They ________ (look) in the bed, the bookshelf, the

wardrobe and inside dad’s car. Then she ________ (dial) daddy’s number from the

land phone. But the automatic response system __________ (tell) her that the mobile

was switched off. After several hours the first adventure of the little detective

_______ (come) to a dull end. No sign of the mobile phone!

The case __________ (solve) itself the next day. Her father had left his mobile in his

office and it had run out of battery.​

Answer 1

Answer:

is;  wants; grows; is; reads; thinks; can; waits; will; came; heard; was; took; realized; went; looked; dialled; told; coming; solved.

Hope this helps !!!!

Answer 2

Answer:

was, wanted , grew , was , readed , thought, could , waited , would , came , heared , was , took , realized , went , looked , dailed , told , came , solved