Question

Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.

It (1) ______ (glide) slowly over the ruts in the road ahead of me. It was seven or eight feet long and (2) ______ (hold) its flat spoon-shaped head six inches up in the air. I (3) ______ (stop) the car smartly so as not (4) ______ (run) over it. To be truthful, I was so (5) ______ (frighten). I (6) ______ (go) quickly into reverse and (7) ______ (keep) backing away. The fearsome thing (8) ______ (disappear) into the undergrowth.

Answer 1

1. glided
2. held
3. stopped
4. to run
5. frightened
6. went
7. kept
8. disappeared

Explanation:

It glided slowly over the ruts in the road ahead of me. It was seven or eight feet long and held its flat spoon-shaped head six inches up in the air. I stopped the car smartly so as not to run over it. To be truthful, I was so frightened. I went quickly into reverse and kept backing away. The fearsome thing disappeared into the undergrowth.