Question

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs given in brackets:
Besides encountering the strange aborigines, the first English settlers (a) ______ themselves in the presence of new and wide variations of climate. In their old home, they (b) _______ to a moderate temperature. Now they (c) _______ before them a great range of climate from the cold coasts of Maine to the hot Savannahs of Georgia, with all the gradations from the far North to the Deep South. To the exigencies of these variations, all the immigrants, from the British Isles as well as the Continent, (d) _______ to adapt themselves. Wherever the colonists set to work, they (e) ________ braving hostile weather conditions.
a. find/found/will find
b. accustomed/had accustomed/had been accustomed
c. has/had/have
d. had/have/has
e. were/was/will

Answer 1

Answer:

a. found

b. accustomed

c. have

d. have

e. were

Answer 2

Answer:

a) found

b) had been accustomed

c) had

d) had

e) were

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