Question

Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in
brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase
appropriate to the blank space.
On a hot afternoon, Nasr-ed-Din Hodja, sat under a walnut tree looking at his pumpkin
vines. He said to himself, “How foolish God is! Here he ....1.... (put) a great heavy
pumpkin on a tiny vine without strength ......... (do) anything but lie on the ground.
And he puts tiny walnuts on a big tree whose branches could hold the ...3.... (weigh)
of a man. If I ......... (be) God, I could do better than that!"
Just then a breeze ....5.... (dislocate) a walnut in the tree, and it fell on the head of
the ....6.... (doubt) Nasr-ed-Din Hodja, who rubbed his head, a sadder and wiser man.
“Suppose," he thought, "there ....7.... (be) a pumpkin up there, instead of a walnut.
Never again will I try to plan the world for God, but I shall thank God that He has
....8.... (do) so well!"
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Answer 1

Answer:

put, doing, weight, been, dislocate, doubt,, be, did.

Answer 2

On a hot afternoon, Nasr-ed-Din Hodja, sat under a walnut tree looking at his pumpkin vines.

He said to himself, “How foolish God is! Here he 1. put a great heavy

pumpkin on a tiny vine without strength 2. do anything but lie on the ground.

And he puts tiny walnuts on a big tree whose branches could hold the 3. weight of a man.

If I 4. were God, I could do better than that!"

Just then a breeze 5. dislocated a walnut in the tree, and it fell on the head of the 6. doubting Nasr-ed-Din Hodja, who rubbed his head, a sadder and wiser man.

“Suppose," he thought, "there 7. was a pumpkin up there, instead of a walnut.

Never again will I try to plan the world for God, but I shall thank God that He has 8. done so well!"

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