Question

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of verbs
given in brackets. You can use any tense form as required. The first one has been
done for you.

While buying ......... (buy) gardening tools, one has to be careful. Once you .......
(determine) which tools you
......... (require), you ........
(have) to
visit the nearby market soon to pick and choose the right tools. One should never
..... (buy) a tool which has a handle that is painted to hide the poor quality of
the wood underneath. Handles made of steel or fiberglass .......
(be) stronger but
they....
(be) expensive.
My father .......
(love) gardening and he recently ..........
(buy) a few
tools. He also .......
(get) a clipper and a lawn mower. One of our most energetic
discussions ..........
(focus) on how to take good care of plants. He ..........
(visit) a nursery .........
(plant) a neem sapling last week. He
tomorrow to buy more plants. I like
...... (use) the pruning knife to cut off
shoots from the small lemon tree. Together, we......
(participate) in the
upcoming Garden Festival' next week.
According to tenses mentioned in brackets.​

Answer 1

Answer:

bought

determine

require

had

buy

should be

are

Answer 2

Answer:

1) buying

2) determined