2. Choose the correct
word
from the brackets to complete the passage
below:
(0.5x10=5)
A cat could not get enough food to eat for many days. He ...................... (grows, was
growing, is growing) thin
day
by day and was very much worried for his
condition.
One day, he came to know that one of the birds of the neighboring tree............ (was, were, are) sick
and the birds were looking.............. (for, in. on) a doctor.
....................... (a, an, the) hungry cat devised a way
to manage his hunger. He made
some one
............................... (borrow, to borrow, borrowed) a doctor's gown and wore
it.
He put on a pair of spectacles above his nose and with a doctor's bag, he went to the sick bird's house. The doctor cat gently ............................... (knocked, was knocked,
had
been knocked) at the door. The
birds peeped out of the hole and enquired about the
reason for his visit. Mr. cat said in a very
kind and humble tone, "I'm your neighboring
doctor. I heard that
you ................( are,
were,
will
be) not keeping well and
.............................. (so, since,
because) I have come to
treat you. As you know a doctor's
duty
towards his patients is
above everything ... (isn't
that,
isn't
it, don't you)? The
birds were far smarter than the cat. They smiled cleverly and replied, "thank you
for your kind gesture! Had you not been a cat, all your utterances............................. (would be, would have been, will be) absolutely right. And for now, we can expect our well being only when you
are
out of our sight."
With Answers
A cat could not get enough food to eat for many days. He was growing thin day by day and was very much worried for his condition.
One day, he came to know that one of the birds of the neighboring tree was sick and the birds were looking for a doctor.
The hungry cat devised a way to manage his hunger. He made some one borrow a doctor's gown and wore it. He put on a pair of spectacles above his nose and with a doctor's bag, he went to the sick bird's house. The doctor cat gently knocked at the door. The birds peeped out of the hole and enquired about the reason for his visit. Mr. cat said in a very kind and humble tone, "I'm your neighboring doctor. I heard that you were not keeping well and so I have come to treat you. As you know a doctor's duty towards his patients is above everything isn't it? The birds were far smarter than the cat. They smiled cleverly and replied, "thank you for your kind gesture! Had you not been a cat, all your utterances would have been absolutely right. And for now, we can expect our well being only when you are out of our sight."
Answer Keys:
2. was growing, was, for,
the, borrow, knocked, were,
so, isn't it,
would have been