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Question 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words provided after the [4] passage: When he saw the cottage, over amongst some bushes with a rank growth of nettles at one end, he (i) (think) it was a miserable place. But when he came close to the peeling lime wash, the torn-down ivy, sagging roof, the (ii) (break) stone doorstep, thick with trampled mud, he saw that it was a wretched house. The door (iii) (stand) half- open, stuck. He knocked at it and (iv) (listen) to the acute silence. He knocked again firmly and thought he (v) (hear) thin whisperings. He did not like the (vi) (hush) fear in the sounds, and was just about (vii) (knock) peremptorily when there was a shuffling and, as quietly as an apparition, a woman (viii). (is) there. () Thinlar​

Answer 1

(i) Thought

(ii) broken

(iii) stood

(iv) listened

(v) heard

(vi) hushed

(vii) to knock

(viii) was