Question

Complete the text with right form of the verbs given in the box. (10)
Repent, Carry, Promise, Receive, Be, Start, Reach, Name, Finish,Offer
Once upon a time there was a great poet a)_____ Ferdousi. He wrote 'Shahanama' in honour of Sultan Mahmud. When the poet b)_____ to write 'Shahanama', the Sultan c)_____ to pay him a piece of gold for each verse. But when the epic d)_____ it was found to contain sixty thousand verses and the Sultan now e)_____ Ferdousi only
sixty thousand pieces of silver. The poet f)_____ the silvers and he left the court. Afterwards the Sultan g)_____ and sent the gold pieces. His messengers h)_____ too late. As they i)_____ the poet's house, they found that people j)_____ his dead body out for burial.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. named
2. started
3. promised
4. finished
5. offered
6. received
7. repented

8. were

9.reached

10.carried