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Tenses and Prepositions
Tenses and Prepositions
2. In the following passage fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of
the word given in brackets
Driver Percy Caroll __(1)__ (take) the Mumbai mail towards the outer signal in
Chakradharpur in Jharkhand when a diesel goods train rammed into another stationary
goods train and sent its wagons __(2)__ (fly) onto the rack of the __(3)__ (speed) Mail.
The mail had its ‘All clear’ signal. Suddenly the driver sighted the __(4)__ (obstruct)
track, pulled the brakes and hung on while __(5)__ call to his fireman, ‘Jump for your
lives; I __(6)__ (save) the train.’ A moment later the crash occurred. He had saved
the lives of hundreds, but himself __ (7) __ (lie) pinned beneath his own engine. For
three days at the hospital, Caroll put up a courageous fight for life, yet even to the end
he was unselfish in his dying thoughts and ___(8)___ (enquire) about the passengers.
When assured that no one had been killed, he expressed his satisfaction, and had a
peaceful death.