Question

Fill in each blank in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets. Do not rewrite the passage but write down the verbs in the correct order:


There was no moon that night. Sometimes from far off ______1______ (come) the hollowing hammering of a woodpecker or the grunt of a wild boar could be _____2_____ (hear) as he ______3________ (dig) up a favourite root.



Baldeo the watchman ______4_______ (is) awake. It was close on midnight and the chill air _______5______ (make) him shiver. At night it was his duty to see that the lamp ______6_____ (burn) and that the overland mail passed through safely. When he had produced a light, he _______7______ (leave) the hut and set off along the permanent way. He ______8______ (have hear) many tales about the man-eating tiger but till date he hadn’t seen or even heard the tiger. There _____9_____ (have been) panthers he had heard calling to its mate but they _____10______ (have) not come near the shed.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)came

2 heard

3 digged

4 was

5 made

6 was countinously burning/burnt

7 left

8 had heard

9 had been

10 had