Question

Question 5
(a)
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given

brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word
phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(0) taught
By the time she was three, Matilda had (0)______
(teach) herself to
read by (1)_____
(study) newspapers and magazines that
2-_____ (lie) around the house. At the age of four, she could 3______(read) fast and well and she naturally began_______(hanker) after books. The only book in the whole of this
enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking
(5)_______(belong) to her mother, and when she had read this from
cover to cover and had (6)_______(learn) all the recipes by heart, she
(7)________(decide) she (8)______(want) something more
interesting
(4)​

Answer 1

1. studying

2. lay

3. read

4. hankering

5. belonged

6. learnt

7. decided

8. wanted

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Answer 2

Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given

Explanation:

• By the time she was three, Matilda had taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house. At the age of four, she could read fast and well and she naturally began hankering after books. The only book in the whole of this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking belonging to her mother, and when she had read this from cover to cover and had learnt all the recipes by heart, she decided she wanted something more interesting

(0)Taught: past tense and past participle of teach

(1) Studying:Gerund or present participle of study

(2) lay:  regular verb

(3) read: verb

(4) hankering: present participle of hanker

(5) belonging: present participle of belong

(6) learnt: past tense/past participle of the worn learn

(7) decided: past participle of the word decide

(8) wanted: past tense/past participle of the word want