Question

I held on to the __1__ and called out to my friends ___2___, but there were no one in the __3__. Once the water became __4__, I ran to a __5__ nearby and sat down under a large tree. I was ___6___, soaked to the ___7___ there was no __8__ to __9__ or water to ___10___.


(desperately, branch, calm, sight, exhausted, forest, eat, food, skin, drink​

Answer 1

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I held on to the branch and called out to my friends desperately , but there were no one in the sight. Once the water became calm, I ran to a forest nearby and sat down under a large tree. I was exhausted, soaked to the skin there was no food to eat or water to drink.

• The passage is in the past tense as it talks about an incident that had taken place in the past.
• Verbs used are mostly simple past such as 'exhausted', 'held', 'soaked', etc.
• The nouns used are common nouns such as branch, forest, food, water, etc.
• A few word meanings are-

desperately(adverb)- ready to do anything because of despair

exhausted(verb)- weary and drained.

Answer 2

Answer :-

I held on to the branch and called out to my friends desperately , but there were no one in the sight. Once the water became calm, I ran to a forest nearby and sat down under a large tree. I was exhausted, soaked to the skin there was no food to eat or water to drink.