Question

James Simpson was born in 1811 in Scotland in the Baker's family. Right .... (12) his

childhood he was good at studies. His

father... . (13) him to

pursue higher studies.

He

joined.. . (14) University of Edinburgh at the age of fourteen. He choose to study​

Answer 1

The correct answers for the given blanks in the passage are as follows:-

James Simpson was born in 1811 in Scotland in the Baker's family. Right from (12) his  childhood he was good at studies. His  father wanted (13) him to  pursue higher studies.  He  joined the (14) University of Edinburgh at the age of fourteen. He chooses to study​.

• 12) is a preposition of place, time, a location that signifies the starting of something. It is used to indicate duration in the given context.
• 13) is the past tense of the verb want. The tense of a sentence or a verb indicates the past, present and future.  The past tense indicates something that happened earlier, and not anymore.
• 14) is an article that modifies definite objects, or subject. It is also called a definite article. The other two, a and an are indefinite articles.