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English I · End Term · 24 Dec 2023 · September 2023 term · Set FDF1

Question 16: Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with…

Question 16

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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.
It happened that a Countryman (i) _____ some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds (ii) _____ about picking up their food. “Beware of that man,” quoth the Swallow. “Why, what is he doing?” said the others. “That is hemp seed he (iii) ______; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds, or else you (iv) _____ it.” The birds paid no heed to the Swallow’s words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into cord, and of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that (v) _____ the Swallow’s advice was caught in nets made out of that very hemp. “What did I tell you?” said the Swallow.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (i).

  1. A

    Would have been sowing

  2. B

    Sows

  3. C

    Is sowing

  4. D

    Was sowing

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  • D

    Was sowing

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Question 16 of 60 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) End Term paper sat on 24 Dec 2023, in the September 2023 term (IIT M FOUNDATION FN EXAM FDF1 24 Dec 2023). It carries 2 marks.

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