Question

Rohini’s mother (i) ______ while Rohini was throwing out clothes from the cupboards. Surprised,

she asked Rohini about why she (ii) ______ them out. Rohini replied that those clothes don’t fit

her anymore. Among the clothes, Rohini’s mom found a shirt and was surprised. She (iii) ______

she had bought that last week only.

i. a) enters the room

b) was entering the room

c) entered the room

d) has been in the room

ii. a) had been throwing

b) was throwing

c) had thrown

d) is throwing

iii. a) said that

b) ordered that

c) asked that

d) exclaimed that
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Answer 1

The options have been selected and the passage has been completed as follows:-

Rohini’s mother (i)(c) entered the room while Rohini was throwing out clothes from the cupboards. Surprised,  she asked Rohini about why she (ii)(b) was throwing them out. Rohini replied that those clothes don’t fit  her anymore. Among the clothes, Rohini’s mom found a shirt and was surprised. She (iii)(a) said that she had bought that last week only.

Answer 2

Rohini’s mother (i) c) entered the room while Rohini was throwing out clothes from the cupboards. Surprised, she asked Rohini about why she (ii) b) was throwing them out. Rohini replied that those clothes didn’t fit her anymore. Among the clothes, Rohini’s mom found a shirt and was surprised. She (iii) a) said that she had bought that last week only.

Useful information:

The given paragraph contains various Tenses, mostly of Past Tense.

• Rohini’s mother entered the room while Rohini was throwing out clothes from the cupboards.
• ➝ Past Indefinite Tense & Past Continuous Tense.

• Surprised, she asked Rohini about why she was throwing them out.
• ➝ Past Indefinite Tense & Past Continuous Tense.

• Rohini replied that those clothes didn’t fit her anymore.
• ➝ Past Indefinite Tense.

• Among the clothes, Rohini’s mom found a shirt and was surprised.
• ➝ Past Indefinite Tense.

• She said that she had bought that last week only.
• ➝ Past Indefinite Tense & Past Perfect Tense.