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Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below:
The larvae of a species of fly (a)_______the Waitomo caves of New Zealand famous. The larvae cling to the roof and let down sticky strands (b)______glow in the dark. Tiny insects attracted by the light, come (c)_______the threads. The larvae haul up the strands and eat the insects. Each larva may let (d)_______as many as seventy strands. This makes the caves glow with an eerie light.
(a) (i) has made (ii) made (iii) have made (iv) has been made
(b) (i) who (iii) they (iii) which (iv) what
(c) (i) investigate (ii) to investigate (iii) investigates (iv) investigating
(d) (i) up (ii) check (iii) down (iv) away
Answer:
(1)
- (a) has made - used with singular subject
- (b) made - not used with present perfect
- (c) have made - this is correct
- (d) has been made - not relevant
Since the sentence is in present perfect tense, the second form along with ‘ have’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-have made”.
(2)
- (a) who - used with living subject
- (b) they - not relevant
- (c) which - this is correct
- (d) what - used with events or situations
Since the sentence is talking about a non living subject, ‘which’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-which”.
(3)
- (a) investigate - not relevant
- (b) to investigate - this is correct
- (c) investigates - not relevant
- (d) investigating - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about an activity that insects come to do and 2 verbs are to be used together, ‘to investigate’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-to investigate”.
(4)
- (a) up - not relevant
- (b) check - not relevant
- (c) down - this is correct
- (d) away - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about something which lies below something, ‘down’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-down”.
Thus the correct paragraph is
The larvae of a species of fly have made the Waitomo caves of New Zealand famous. The larvae cling to the roof and let down sticky strands that glow in the dark. Tiny insects attracted by the light, come to investigate the threads. The larvae haul up the strands and eat the insects. Each larva may let down as many as seventy strands. This makes the caves glow with an eerie light.
