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English I · Quiz 2 · 12 Apr 2026 · January 2026 term

Question 15: Find the appropriate verb form to fill blank (v).

Question 15

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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.
In an evil hour, my father had received my letter, containing my eloquent and detailed apology for declining a place in the firm, and I (i)______summoned home in all haste, his chief ambition being that I should succeed, not merely to his fortune, but to the views and plans by which he (ii) _____ he could extend and perpetuate that wealthy inheritance. I (iii) _____ how deeply my father's happiness was involved, and with something of his own pertinacity, had formed a determination precisely contrary, not conceiving that I should increase my own happiness by augmenting a fortune which I (iv) _____ was already sufficient.
My father cut the matter short: when he was my age, his father (v) _____ him out and settled his legal inheritance on his younger brother, and one of that brother's sons would take my place if I crossed him any further.
Extracted from: Mee, Arthur, and J. A. Hammerton, editors. The World’s Greatest Books: Vol. VIII — Fiction.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill blank (v).

  1. A

    Was turning

  2. B

    Is turning

  3. C

    Will turn

  4. D

    Had turned

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Correct answer

  • D

    Had turned

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Question 15 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) Quiz 2 paper sat on 12 Apr 2026, in the January 2026 term (English1 06 Apr 26). It carries 1 mark.

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