Question

When he saw the cottage, over amongst some bushes with a rank growth of

nettles at one end, he (i) ____________ (think) it was a miserable place. But

when he came close to the peeling lime wash, the torn-down ivy, sagging roof,

the (ii) ____________ (break) stone doorstep, thick with trampled mud, he

saw that it was a wretched house. The door (iii) ____________ (stand) half-

open, stuck. He knocked at it and (iv) ____________ (listen) to the acute

silence. He knocked again firmly and thought he (v) ____________ (hear) thin

whisperings. He did not like the (vi) ____________ (hush) fear in the sounds,

and was just about (vii) ____________ (knock) peremptorily when there was

a shuffling and, as quietly as an apparition, a woman (viii)________ (is) there.​

Answer 1

Answer:

i = thought

ii = broken

iii = standing

iv = listened

v = heard

vi = hushing ( not sure)

vii = knocking

viii = was

Explanation: