Question

1. Fill in the blanks in the following passage by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in

brackets.

A diesel tanker (a) .................. (Catch) fire last evening when it (b)...................... (Fill) up the

underground tank of a petrol station situated on the G.T. Road. Soon the fire from the tanker(c)........

(Reach) the station‘s administrative block. Suddenly the driver of the tanker (d)................... (Get) into it

and (e).......... (Drive) it 25 yards ahead of the station. A big tragedy (f)............. (avert) due to his brave act.

Answer 1

Answer: caught, filled, reached, got, drove, averted

Explanation: the passage is in past tense so all the verbs will be too