Complete the following passages by filling the blanks with suitable verbs.
(a) Tenali Rama was ______ very popular Telugu poet. He was fond of jokes. One day he was looking at ______ picture on the palace wall. He did not like it. He took ______ brush and ______ it. The king saw this. He was angry and said, "You have drawn that picture, Tenali Rama. Get out of here. Don't show the ______ for ______ week."
(b) One day, two woodcutters came. They went here and there in the jungle. Then, they saw ______ large mango tree. They went to see ______ best tree in the jungle. They decided ______ mango tree got scared and closed its eyes.
(c) Then all of ______ sudden, the woodcutters heard ______ heavy sound. With ______ sound of ______ thud, Bunbun. The monkey jumped on ______ head of ______ woodcutter. The friends also jumped down one after another, ______ afraid and ran away.
Answer (2)
The verbs filled in the blanks in the passages describe actions taken by Tenali Rama, the woodcutters, and the monkey. They demonstrate storytelling through actions in a narrative format. This exercise helps in understanding sentence structure and verb usage in English.
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To complete the passages, we need to fill in the blanks with suitable verbs that fit correctly in the context of each sentence. Let's look at each passage:
(a) Tenali Rama was a very popular Telugu poet. He was fond of jokes. One day he was looking at a picture on the palace wall. He did not like it. He took a brush and painted it. The king saw this. He was angry and said, "You have drawn that picture, Tenali Rama. Get out of here. Don't show the picture for a week."
In this passage, the verbs and words used to fill in the blanks are:
a to indicate the indefinite article
painted to describe the action Tenali Rama did to the picture
(b) One day, two woodcutters came. They went here and there in the jungle. Then, they saw a large mango tree. They went to see the best tree in the jungle. They decided the mango tree got scared and closed its eyes.
In this second passage, the verbs and words used to fill in the blanks are:
a for describing a singular noun
the when specifying a particular tree
(c) Then all of a sudden, the woodcutters heard a heavy sound. With a sound of a thud, Bunbun. The monkey jumped on the head of a woodcutter. The friends also jumped down one after another, got afraid and ran away.
In this third passage, the verbs and words used to fill in the blanks are:
a and the for articles to introduce or specify nouns
got to indicate the change in the woodcutters’ feeling
By thinking carefully about the context and using simple grammatical rules, we can accurately choose the correct words to make the passages meaningful.
