Question

Fill in each blank with a suitable form of the word given in brackets:
Napoleon was....(involve) in a conversation with a colonel of a Hungarian battalion who.....(take) prisoner in Italy. The colonel mentioned that he.....(fight)in the army of Maria Theresa. ―You must have a few years under your belt!‖ ....(exclaim) Napoleon. ―I‘m sure I‘ve lived sixty or seventy years,‖ .....(reply) the colonel.
―You mean to say,‖ Napoleon continued, ― you.....(not keep) track of the years you.....(live)?‖ The colonel promptly replied, ― Sir, I always count my money ,my shirts, and my horses, but as far as for my years, I know nobody who wants.....(steal) them, and I shall surely never lose them.‖

Answer 1

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1. involved
2. took
3. fought
4. Exclaimed
5. replied
6. didn't keep
7. lived
8. to steal

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Answer 2

Napoleon was involved in a conversation with a colonel of a Hungarian battalion who was taken prisoner in Italy. The colonel mentioned that he fought in the army of Maria Theresa. ―You must have a few years under your belt!‖ exclaimed Napoleon. ―I‘m sure I‘ve lived sixty or seventy years,‖ replied the colonel.

―You mean to say,‖ Napoleon continued, ― you have not kept track of the years you have lived‖ The colonel promptly replied, ― Sir, I always count my money ,my shirts, and my horses, but as far as for my years, I know nobody who wants to steal them, and I shall surely never lose them.‖

Explanation:

• For the first sentence, involve will take the past tense form since the sense of the line is clearly in the past tense.
• For the next fill in the blank, take takes the past tense form and becomes was taken.
• Since the colonel is talking about past events, the past tense form of the word fight is taken.
• Exclaim and reply in simultaneous blanks take past tense forms.
• Not keep and live takes the perfect tense since there is an ongoing event which has been happening since a long time and is still continuing.
• Steal remains steal since the speech is in direct speech and hence present tense is used.

Hence, the paragraph with correct form of the words is,

Napoleon was involved in a conversation with a colonel of a Hungarian battalion who was taken prisoner in Italy. The colonel mentioned that he fought in the army of Maria Theresa. ―You must have a few years under your belt!‖ exclaimed Napoleon. ―I‘m sure I‘ve lived sixty or seventy years,‖ replied the colonel.

―You mean to say,‖ Napoleon continued, ― you have not kept track of the years you have lived‖ The colonel promptly replied, ― Sir, I always count my money ,my shirts, and my horses, but as far as for my years, I know nobody who wants to steal them, and I shall surely never lose them.‖

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