Q38Comprehension2 Marks24 Dec 2023
Passage
Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt. It happened that a Countryman (i) ________ some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds (ii) ________ about picking up their food. 'Beware of that man,' quoth the Swallow. 'Why, what is he doing?' said the others. 'That is hemp seed he (iii) ________; be careful to pick up every one of the seeds, or else you (iv) ________ it.' The birds paid no heed to the Swallow's words, and by and by the hemp grew up and was made into cord, and of the cords nets were made, and many a bird that (v) ________ the Swallow's advice was caught in nets made out of that very hemp. 'What did I tell you?' said the Swallow.
Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank (v).