ICSE Grammar Sense

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets:


1.Raina--------(stand) on the balcony of her bedroom------------(watch) the incredible beauty of the snow
capped Balkan Mountains at a great distance.When she-------------(lose) in a reverie, her mother----------
(enter) the room as she--------(can) not----------(wait) to give her the exciting news of the victory of the
Bulgarians over the Serbians.Her mother-----------(speak) with gushing enthusiasm----------(laud) the role
of Sergius in-----------(lead) the Bulgarians to victory. She---------(speak) about the Serbians in a
 disparaging manner,------------(compare) their rout to chaff-----------(be) thrashed out.


2.Antonio------------(find) himself in a state of melancholy and-----------(confide) in his friends about it.
According to him the nature of that alien feeling of sadness-----------(tend) to make him feel distracted.
Curiously enough when Portia-----------------(make) her appearance, she too( talk) about a feeling of
heaviness------------(tear) into her on account of the sheer restrictions-----------(impose) on her by her
father.When Bassanio is at the door of his friend Antonio, he----------- (be)------------(plague) by his set
of problems. Shlokc too-----------(lament) the lack of love of the Christians and-------------(not find)
cordiality in the invitation----------------(extend) to him by Bassanio.