Question

When he saw the cottage, over amongst some bushes with rank growth of nettles at one end, he_________(1)( think ) it ________(2) (be) a measurable place. But when he________(3) (come) close to the peeling lime wash, the torn- down ivy, sagging roof,the_________(4)(break)stone door step, thick and trampled mud , he ___________(5)(see) that it was a wretched house. The door _______(6)(stand )half open, stuck. He _______(7)(knock) at it and _________(8)(listen) to the acute silence. He knocked again firmly and thought he________(9) (hear) thin whisperings. He did not like the hushed fear in the sounds, and was just about _________(10)(knock) peremptorily when there was a shuffling and , as quietly as an apparition, a woman was there.

Answer 1

Answer:

(1) were working

(2) stopped

(3) had left

(4) leaning

(5) saw

(6) was

(7) had gone

(8) climbed

(9) got

(10) went

Answer 2

• When he saw the cottage, over amongst some bushes with a rank growth of nettles at one end, he was thinking (1)( think )

1. Continuous tense has been used as there is continuity and uniformity in this sentence.

• it must be (2) (be) a measurable place.

   2. It is an assumption, so must be is used.

• But when he came(3) (come) close to the peeling lime wash, the torn-down ivy, sagging roof, the broken (4)(break)stone doorstep, thick and trampled mud.

     3. Both are used as past tense as the event has already taken place.

• he was seeing (5)(see) that it was a wretched house. The door stood (6)(stand ) half-open, stuck

    4. Continuous tense has been used as there is continuity and uniformity in this sentence.

• He knocked (7)(knock) at it and listened(8)(listen) to the acute silence.

 5. Both are used as past tense as the event has already taken place.

• He knocked again firmly and thought he had heard 9) (hear) thin whisperings.

• He did not like the hushed fear in the sounds and was just about knock( 10)(knock) peremptorily when there was a shuffling and, as quietly as an apparition, a woman was there.