Question 20
Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
A quarrel (i) _____ between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge on the Stag. The Hunter agreed, but said: “If you desire to conquer the Stag, you must permit me to place this piece of iron between your jaws, so that I may guide you with these reins, and allow this saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon you as we (ii) _____ after the enemy.” The Horse agreed to the conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him.
Then with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon (iii) _____ the Stag, and said to the Hunter: “Now, get off, and remove those things from my mouth and back.”
“Not so fast, friend,” said the Hunter. “I (iv) _____ you under bit and spur, and prefer to keep you as you are at present.”
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they (v) _____ you for theirs.
Excerpted from: Originally published by Macmillan & Co, 1894. Project Gutenberg.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (v).
Uses
Are using
Will have used
Will use