Question

SECTION C (Composition)
Q.1. Complete the following passage by filling up the blanks using the form of the verb
given after the passage:-
Morbid, gorgeous, or haunting, death masksta)......first created ancient Egypt and
.......popular as homages to public figures in 19 century Europe. Last Halloween
(celebrated on October 31), the top selling mask le....... candidate Barack Obama.
This year, retailers)........a major spike in Michael Jackson look-alikes.
47 ) Was (ii) is (iii) are (iv) were
$)) remains (ii) remained (iii) remaining (iv) were remaining
) was (ii) is (iii) were (iv) are
1d) (i) predicted (ii) prediction (iii) predict (iv) predicting
thn following words/nhrases into meaningful sentences :
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Answer 1

The following answers to the blanks are:

1. Was

2. Remained

3. Was

4. Predicted

Explanation:

These phrases make the sentence meaningful and complete.

These verbs fill in the space and gives the sentence full meaning and placed with thr correct tense it also gives the correct timeline of the sentences.

Hence, the above verbs are the missing words to fill in the blanks.

Answer 2

The answers are:

1. was

2. remained

3.was

4. predicted .

Explanation:

Among the following options given to choose from, these verb sets matched with the answer and also the tense was correctly placed.

Therefore, the full sentence formed are

1. Morbid, gorgeous, haunting, death maskta was first created ancient Egypt and remained popular as homages to public figure in 19th century Europe.
2. Last Halloween, the top selling mask candidate was Barack Obama.
3. This year, retailers predicted a major spike in Micheal jacksons look-alikes.

hence, these verbs have been chosen from the given option.