Question

Q. In the following passage, fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of words given in the brackets.

Ones there _1_(live) a Monk. People flocked to him to listen to his jokes and __2_ (return) home laughing. The Monk would make fun of himself and others, __3_ (make) sure that there _4__(be) not a single gloomy face in the crowd. After some years when he __5_ (die) and yet cheerful, his followers __6__ (wonder) how he __7__ (manage) to be happy even on his deathbed. When his funeral pyre was lit, there was a sudden bust of crackers. He had ordered his main to hide crackers under the sheet. Even on his cremation pyre, he ___8__(entertain).

Answer 1

1) lived

2) returned

3) making

4)is

5) died

6)wondered

7) managed

8)was entertaining

Answer 2

Ones there _lived_ (live) a Monk. People flocked to him to listen to his jokes and _returned_ (return) home laughing. The Monk would make fun of himself and others, _making_ (make) sure that there _was_(be) not a single gloomy face in the crowd. After some years when he _died_ (die) and yet cheerful, his followers _wondered_ (wonder) how he _managed_ (manage) to be happy even on his deathbed. When his funeral pyre was lit, there was a sudden bust of crackers. He had ordered his main to hide crackers under the sheet. Even on his cremation pyre, he _entertained_ (entertain).