Question

It was sitting over a hole in which it (1) ___ (lay) several eggs. Ramu (2)___ (keep)

the eggs for his dinner, and I presented the tortoise to Grandfather. He had a

weakness for tortoises and was pleased with this (3)___ (add) to his menagerie, (4)

____ (give) it a large tub of water to itself, with an island of rocks in the middle. The

tortoise, however, (5)___ (be) always getting out of the tub and wandering about the

house. As it seemed able (6) ____ (look) after itself quite well, we (7) ____ (do) not

interfere. If one of the dogs bothered it too much, it (8) ____ (draw) its head and legs

into the shell, and defy all their attempts at rough play.​

Answer 1

Answer:

How many times have you found yourself still staring at your textbook around midnight (or later!) even when you started your homework hours earlier? Those lost hours could be explained by Parkinson’s Law, which states, “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” In other words, if you give yourself all night to memorize those geometry formulas for your quiz tomorrow, you’ll inevitably find that a 30 minute task has somehow filled your entire evening.

We know that you have more homework than ever. But even with lots and lots to do, a few tweaks to your study routine could help you spend less time getting more accomplished.

Here are 8 steps to make Parkinson’s Law work to your advantage:

1. Make a list

This should be a list of everything that has to be done that evening. And we mean, everything—from re-reading notes from this morning’s history class to quizzing yourself on Spanish vocabulary.

2. Estimate the time needed for each item on your list

You can be a little ruthless here. However long you think a task will take, try shaving off 5 or 10 minutes. But, be realistic. You won’t magically become a speed reader.

3. Gather all your gear

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. had laid

2. kept

3. added

4. Gave

5. was

6. to look

7. did

8. drew

Tense

• Tense refers to the period during which an action is taking place. It can be divided into the present, past, and future tenses. They can be further classified into simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous tense.

• In the given exercise, we need to fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets.

• Since the passage narrates an event in the past, we need to fill in most of the blanks with simple past tense.

• The first blank showed an action that had taken place before another action in the past. Thus, it had taken the past perfect tense.

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