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Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with appropriate form of verbs given in
brackets. The first one has been done for
you.
Archaeologists have unearthed (unearth) one of the largest statues of a powerful ancient Egyptian
Pharaoh at his mortuary temple in Luxor this Tuesday. The statue .... ...... (be) 42 feet tall and
(look) magnificent. It is one of the two statues that ......
(flank) the entrance
to the temple earlier. The statue
(consist) of seven large quartzite blocks but
(lack) a head. It ......
(be) discovered in the 1970s and then re-hidden.
Tourists ..
(be) still flocking to the site after the news spread. Archaeologists are hopeful
of
.... (find) more in the next digging session. The
(tower) statue is a
masterpiece. The statue is
(believe) to be of Amenhotep III, the grandfather of the
(fame) boy-pharaoh Tutankhamin. Two other statues were
(unearth)
earlier. The efforts of ........
(dedicate) archaeologists have been praised.
Answers
Archaeologists have unearthed one of the largest statues of a powerful ancient Egyptian Pharaoh at his mortuary temple in Luxor this Tuesday. The statue is 42 feet tall and looks magnificent. It is one of the two statues that flanked the entrance to the temple earlier. The statue consists of seven large quartzite blocks but lacks a head. It was discovered in the 1970s and then re-hidden. Tourists are still flocking to the site after the news spread. Archaeologists are hopeful of finding more in the next digging session. The
towered statue is a masterpiece. The statue is believed to be of Amenhotep III, the grandfather of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamin. Two other statues were unearthed earlier. The efforts of dedicated archaeologists have been praised.
It's important to first go through the passage to understand what tense/format is follows and accordingly frame the verbs.
Answer:
1) have unearthed
2) is
3) looks
4) flanked
5) consists
6) lacks
7) was
8) are
9) finding
10) towered
11) believed
12) famed
13) Unearthed
14) dedicated