Question

Question 5
(a) 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.

When some frogs were ...1.... (travel) in a jungle, two frogs fell into a deep pit. Instead of ....2.... (encourage) the two 3 (climb) up the pit, the other frogs ....4.... (discourage) them and said that they would not be able to survive
In spite of this, the two frogs struggled to climb. After some time, one of the frogs paid ....5.... (attend) to his friends' advice and stopped trying. He finally ....6.... (give up) and died. However, the second frog kept trying and finally ....7.... (manage) to climb up. When the other frogs asked him why he did not listen to their advice, the frog ...8... (reply) that he was deaf and thought that his friends were actually encouraging him to climb.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. travelling 2. encouraging 3. climbed

4. discouraged 5. attention 6. gave up 7.managed 8. replied