Question

Q.2: Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given

in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the

word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.

[10]

Example - A woman (0) ______ (wait) at an airport one night, with several long

hours before her flight.

Answer. (0) was waiting.

She (1) _______ (hunt) for a book in the airport shops, (2) _______ (buy) a bag of

cookies and found a place to sit. She (3) ______ (engross) in her book but happened

to see that the man (4) _______ (sit) beside her, bold as could be, (5) _______ (grab)

a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.

So she (6) _______ (munch) the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy thief

diminished her stock. She (7) _______ (get) more irritated as the minutes ticked by,

thinking. "If I wasn't so nice, I (8) _______ (black) his eye." With each cookie she

took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With

a smile on his face and a nervous laugh, he (9) _______ (take) the last cookie and

broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other. She had never known she

could be so angry and turned to gather her belongings. As she reached for her

baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her

eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his and he

(10) _______ (try) to share.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.to hunt

2.to buy

3.engrossed

4.sat

5.grabbed

6.munched

7.got

8.would black

9.took

10.tried