Question 3 - Gap Filling - Grammar - English Class 11

The newspaper recently (a) .............. a report of a man in search of his newly born twin. The babies were missing at hospital where his wife (b) .............. birth to them. The hospital authorities claimed that the babies (c) .............. but they refused to hand over (d) .............. bodies. Now, the unfortunate father (e) ….. a complaint with the police.

(a) (i) carries (ii) is carrying (iii) will be carried (iv) carried

(b) (i) has given (ii) had given (iii) will be given (iv) giving

(c) (i) to die (ii) has died (iii) is dying (iv) had died

(d) (i) theirs (ii) her (iii) his (iv) their

(e) (i) to lodge (ii) is lodging (iii) has lodged (iv) lodges

Answer:

(a)  

• (i) carries - not used with simple past tense
• (ii) is carrying - not used with past tense
• (iii) will be carried - not used with simple past tense
• (iv) carried - this is correct

Since the sentence is in simple past tense , the second form of the verb will be used.

So, the correct answer is (iv) carried.

(b)  

• (i) has given - not used with past tense
• (ii) had given - this is correct
• (iii) will be given - not used with past tense
• (iv) giving - not used with past tense

Since the sentence is using past perfect tense , ‘had’ + the third form of the verb will be used.

So, the correct answer is (ii) had given.

(c)  

• (i) to die - not used with past tense
• (ii) has died - not used with past tense
• (iii) is dying - not used with past perfect tense
• (iv) had died - this is correct

Since the sentence is using past perfect tense , ‘had’ + the third form of the verb will be used.

So, the correct answer is (iv) had died.  

(d)  

• (i) theirs - not relevant
• (ii) her - not used with plural
• (iii) his - not used with plural
• (iv) their - this is correct

Since the sentence is talking about ‘babies’ which is plural , the pronoun ‘their’ will be used.

So, the correct answer is (iv) their.

(e)  

• (i) to lodge - not used with present perfect tense
• (ii) is lodging - not used with present perfect tense
• (iii) has lodged - this is correct
• (iv) lodges - not used with present perfect tense

Since the sentence is using present perfect tense , ‘has’ + the third form of the verb will be used.

So, the correct answer is (iii) has lodged.

Thus the correct paragraph is

The newspaper recently carried a report of a man in search of his newly born twin. The babies were  missing at the hospital where his wife had given birth to them. The hospital authorities claimed that the babies had died but they refused to hand over their bodies. Now, the unfortunate father has lodged a complaint  with the police.