1. Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete the passage below.

A cat could not get enough food to eat for many days. He____(grows, was growing, is growing) thin day by day and was very much worried for his condition. One day, he came to know that one of the birds of the neighboring tree____(was, were, are) sick and the birds were looking ____ (for, in, on) a doctor. ____ (A, An, The) hungry cat devised a way to manage his hunger. He made some one____ (borrow, to borrow, borrowed) a doctor’s gown and wore it. He put on a pair of spectacles above his nose and with a doctor’s bag; he went to the sick bird’s house. The doctor cat gently____ (knocked, was knocked, had been knocked) at the door. The birds peeped out of the hole and enquired about the reason for his visit. Mr. Cat said in a very kind and humble tone, “I’m your neighboring doctor. I heard that you____ (are, were, will be) not keeping well____ (so, since, because) I have come to treat you. As you know a doctor’s duty towards his patients is above everything ____ (isn’t that, isn’t it, don’t you)? The birds were far smarter than the cat. They smiled cleverly and replied, “Thank you for your kind gesture! Had you not been a cat, all your utterances____ (would be, would have been, will be) absolutely right. And for now, we can expect our well being only when you are out of our sight.” 

2. Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete the passage below. 

Wandering in search of a safe home____ (a, an, the) porcupine reached a cave. When he entered the cave, he____ (found, was finding, had found) a snake family residing there. Very humbly, the porcupine requested the snakes to accommodate him in the cave. The snakes____(is, was, were) kind and gentle. They allowed the porcupine to share the cave____ (to, by, with) them. Soon the snakes found inconvenient and uncomfortable to stay with the porcupine____ (however, because, although) the sharp prickly quills of the porcupine were hurting their soft skin. The snakes requested him____ (to leave, please leave, leaving) the place. However he said slyly, “I’m very much comfortable here____ (amn’t I, are I, aren’t I)? If you have inconvenience staying here, you ____(can leave, could leave, could have left) the place and stay elsewhere.” Seeing no other way out, the poor snakes left the cave to save them from the prickly quills. Finally the porcupine made the snakes____ (leave, to leave, left) the cave. In this way, the cave ____(was captured, were captured, was been captured) by the porcupine. 3. Choose the correct word from the brack

3. Choose the correct word from the brackets to complete the passage below.

 It was very late when an old beggar came to a rich farmyard. He ____ (had travelled, travelled, will have travelled) far that day. He was tired and hungry. He said to himself, “I must get someone ____ (to help, help, helped) me” because it was snowing. I will go up here; maybe the farmer will help me. He could probably give me somewhere to lie down.____ (So, When, Since) the old beggar man walked up to the farmhouse and he knocked on the door, the farmer was just finishing his tea, and his wife said, “There’s someone____ (for, on, at) the door. You heard the knock, ____ (did, didn’t, wouldn’t) you?” The farmer said, Well, I’ll go and see who’s there. He walked out and there at his door stood an old beggar man with his old gray hair and his old ragged coat. And the farmer said,____ (What do you want, what he wanted, what did you want), old man? He said, Please, sir. I’m just ____ (a, an, the) old beggar. It’s a cold night and it’s snowing. I’m hungry and tired. I ____ (would get, will get, get) some rest if you provide me a place to lie down for the night