| Complete the passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones give below: |
| He (i) ?the session with a prayer, prolonging it (ii) _____the others join and the valley (iii) ______ with the chants, (iv) ___the cry of the jackals. Time was when he (v) ____his stories to the accompaniment of musical instruments, but now he (vi) _____only on himself. The films (vii) all the fiddlers and singers, who (viii) ___no time now-a-days to stand at the back of an old story teller and fill his pauses with music. |
| (i) | (a) begins | (b) began | (c) has begun | (d) is beginning |
| (ii) | (a) unless | (b) until | (c) till | (d) else |
| (iii) | (a) echoed | (b) was echoing | (c) echoes | (d) is echoing |
| (iv) | (a) drowned | (b) were drowned | (c) are drowning | (d) drowning |
| (v) | (a) has narrated | (b) narrated | (c) had narrated | (d) was narrating |
| (vi) | (a) depends | (b) depended | (c) has depended | (d) was depending |
| (vii) | (a) took away | (b) have taken away | (c) are taking away | (d) took |
| (viii) | (a) are having | (b) have | (c) had | (d) has |
Answer:
(i)
(a) begins
(ii)
(b) until
(iii)
(c) echoes
(iv)
(d) drowning
(v)
(e) narrated
(vi)
(f) depends
(vii)
(g) have taken away
(viii)
(h) have
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