Fill in blanks with the appropriate option given below.
Asaf Khan who (a) ..............the expedition against the city, (b) .............. that the little country which (c) .............. by a woman would (d) .............. very easily without (e) .............. even a blow. It was to his surprise when he (f) .............. that the city (g) .............. to offer a strong resistance. He (h) .............. with him only a small force to fight the battle.
(a) (i) had led (ii) led (iii) w a s l e a d i n g (iv) has led
(b) (i) expected (ii) has been expecting (iii) had expected (iv) was expected
(c) (i) rule (ii) was ruled (iii) is ruled (iv) was ruling
(d) (i) was taken (ii) be taken (iii) will be taken (iv) is taking
(e) (i) striking (ii) is striking (iii) has been striking (iv) has struck
(f) (i) found (ii) had found (iii) finds (iv) will find
(g) (i) was preparing (ii) is preparing (iii) was prepared (iv) is prepared
(h) (i) had brought (ii) brought (iii) has brought (iv) had been brought
Answer:
(a)
- (i) had led - not used with simple past tense
- (ii) led - this is correct
- (iii) was leading - not used with simple past tense
- (iv) has led - not used with simple past tense
Since the sentence is in simple past tense , the second form of the verb will be used.
So, the correct answer is (ii) led.
(b)
- (i) expected - not used with past perfect tense
- (ii) has been expecting - not used with past perfect tense
- (iii) had expected - this is correct
- (iv) was expected - not used with past perfect tense
Since the sentence is using past perfect tense , ‘had’ + the third form of the verb will be used.
So, the correct answer is (iii) had expected.
(c)
- (i) rule - not used with past tense
- (ii) was ruled - this is correct
- (iii) is ruled - not used with past tense
- (iv) was ruling - not used with simple past tense
Since the sentence is in simple past tense and is talking about a city, ‘was’ + second form of the verb will be used
So, the correct answer is (ii) was ruled.
(d)
- (i) was taken - not used with past perfect tense
- (ii) be taken - this is correct
- (iii) will be taken - not used with past tense
- (iv) is taking - not used with past tense
Since the sentence is using past perfect tense , ‘would’ + the third form of the verb will be used.
So, the correct answer is (iv) be taken.
(e)
- (i) striking - this is correct
- (ii) is striking - not used with past tense
- (iii) has been striking - not used with past tense
- (iv) has struck - not used with past tense
Since the sentence is in past continuous tense , ’ing’ will be added to the first form of verb
So, the correct answer is (i) striking.
(f)
- (i) found - this is correct
- (ii) had found - not used with simple past tense
- (iii) finds - not used with past tense
- (iv) will find - not used with past tense
Since the sentence is using simple past tense , the second form of the verb will be used.
So, the correct answer is (i) found.
(g)
- (i) was preparing - not used with simple past tense
- (ii) is preparing - not used with past tense
- (iii) was prepared - this is correct
- (iv) is prepared - not used with past tense
Since the sentence is in simple past tense and is talking about a city, ‘was’ + second form of the verb will be used
So, the correct answer is (ii) was prepared.
(h)
- (i) had brought - this is correct
- (ii) brought - not used with past perfect tense
- (iii) has brought - not used with past tense
- (iv) had been brought - three verbs are not used simultaneously as the sentence is talking about an army of people
Since the sentence is using past perfect tense , ‘had’ + the third form of the verb will be used.
So, the correct answer is (iii) had brought.
Thus the correct paragraph is
Asaf Khan who led the expedition against the city, had expected that the little country which was ruled by a woman would be taken very easily without striking even a blow. It was to his surprise when he found that the city was prepared to offer a strong resistance. He had brought with him only a small force to fight the battle.
