This question asked in [CBSE Outside Delhi Set III, 2017]
Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with the help of options that follows:
A young person 1 . a picture 2 . both of us with ‘Selfie’. I could 3 . say ‘no’ 4 . him.
1.(A) want (B) wants (C) wanted (D) wanting
2.(A) on (B) of (C) in (D) for
3.(A) hard (B) harder (C) hardest (D) hardly
4.(A) for (B) with (C) to (D) at Edition.
Answer
(1)
- (a) want - not used with past tense
- (b) wants - not used with past tense
- (c) wanted - this is correct
- (d) wanting- only used in continuous tenses.
Since the sentence is in simple past tense , ‘wanted’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-wanted”
(2)
- (a) on - only used when position of an object is described
- (b) of - this is correct
- (c) in - used when position of an object is described
- (d) for - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about who the picture belonged to , ‘of’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-of”.
(3)
- (a) hard - not used as a verb
- (b) harder - used as a degree of comparison
- (c) hardest - used as a degree of comparison
- (d) hardly - this is correct
Since the sentence is using hard as a verb , ‘hardly’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(d)-hardly”.
(4)
- (a) for - not relevant
- (b) with - not relevant
- (c) to - this is correct
- (d) at edition - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about a person to whom ‘no’ had to be said , ‘to’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-to”.
Thus the correct paragraph is
A young person wanted a picture of both of us with ‘Selfie’. I could hardly say ‘no’ to him.
