Question

Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form ofthe verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.

Once upon a time, there ______ (1) (live) three old monks. They ______ (2) (be) poor and without any worldly goods. They would travel from village to village and, in every village they ______ (3) (stop), they would sit in the center of the marketplace and start laughing.
At first, everyone just ______ (4) (pass) by without giving them any attention. But slowly, a small crowd formed that would linger around every day and laugh with them. The laughter was so addictive that eventually, the whole marketplace had tears running down their cheeks.
This was when the monks would finally get up and ______ (5) (move) on to the next village. Their fame ______ (6) (grow) with time. Nobody ever ______ (7) (preach) the way they did with laughter and nothing else. They never laughed at anything in particular, but it was as if they ______ (8) (understand) a cosmic joke.
Just ______ (9) (imagine)! Three monks ______ (10) (spread) joy and laughter without saying a single word.

Answer 1

1. lived
2. were
3. stopped
4. passed
5. move
6. grew
7. preached
8. understood
9. imagine
10. spread

Explanation:

Once upon a time, there lived three old monks. They were poor and without any worldly goods. They would travel from village to village and, in every village they stopped, they would sit in the center of the marketplace and start laughing.
At first, everyone just passed by without giving them any attention. But slowly, a small crowd formed that would linger around every day and laugh with them. The laughter was so addictive that eventually, the whole marketplace had tears running down their cheeks.
This was when the monks would finally get up and move on to the next village. Their fame grew with time. Nobody ever preached the way they did with laughter and nothing else. They never laughed at anything in particular, but it was as if they understood a cosmic joke.
Just imagine! Three monks spread joy and laughter without saying a single word.