Question

Once upon a time, three thieves, who ____________ (steal) a pot of gold in a distant town ____________ (return) to their village. They ____________ (pass) through a small town when it ____________ (grow) dark. Their village ____________ (be) still a long way away. Each of them had a doubt, “____________(be) it safe to travel through the forest with all this gold?”

Answer 1

The words that are missing in the given blanks of a paragraph are:

1. had stolen
2. were returning
3. were pa ssing
4. grew
5. was
6. was

• We need to change the verb by taking the help from the words that are given in the brackets.
• After filling the blanks with the required verb, then the paragraph is as follows.

Once upon a time, three thieves, who had stolen (steal) a pot of gold in a distant town were returning (return) to their village. They were pa ssing (pa ss) through a small town when it grew (grow) dark. Their village was (be) still a long way away. Each of them had a doubt, ''was (be) it safe to travel through the forest with all this gold?”