Question

F/B with correct form of verbs: I ______(know) that it was my sister’s voice. I ____(rush) into the corridor. By the light of the corridor lamp, I ____(see) my sister at the door of my room. Her face was pale with terror and her hands _____(grope) for help. I ran to her and ____(throw) my arms around her, but her knees ___(give) way and she fell to the ground.

Answer 1

Hint: The first sentence already tells us the situation. Look for pointers suggesting which tense to use. The actions are completed in the second sentence. These pointers are indicators of a certain tense.

Complete answer:
Let us look at the given sentences first-
It narrates an incident in a person’s life. It is very clearly an incident that happened in the past. There is even more evidence that points to this fact, as in the last sentence, one verb is in the simple past tense, i.e. ‘ran’.

This means that we need a simple past tense. The simple past tense is used to describe events that took place in the past and are constructed by adding the suffixes ‘d’ or ‘-ed’ to root verbs. The words ‘was’ and ‘were’ are also sometimes used as helping verbs. The word ‘was’ is for singular subjects and the word ‘were’ is for plural subjects.

Let us understand each of the given verbs with context first and convert them into their past tense versions-
The verb ‘know’ refers to ‘be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information’. This verb is irregular and the past tense conjugation of this verb is ‘knew’.
The verb ‘rush’ refers to ‘move with urgent haste’. This verb is regular and it can be made into past tense by adding the above-given suffix. So, the verb required verb is ‘rushed’.
The verb ‘see’ refers to ‘perceive with the eyes; discern visually'. This verb is irregular and the past tense conjugation of this verb is ‘saw’.
The verb ‘grope’ refers to ‘search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands'. This verb is regular and it can be made into past tense by adding the above-given suffix. So, the verb required verb is ‘groped’.
The verb ‘throw’ refers to ‘propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand'. This verb is irregular and the past tense conjugation of this verb is ‘threw’.
The verb ‘give’ refers to ‘freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone)’. This verb is irregular and the past tense conjugation of this verb is ‘gave’. This verb completes the phrase ‘gave way’ which means ‘collapsed or broke’.

So, the correct answer will be written in the following way-

I knew that it was my sister’s voice. I rushed into the corridor. By the light of the corridor lamp, I saw my sister at the door of my room. Her face was pale with terror and her hands groped for help. I ran to her and threw my arms around her, but her knees gave way and she fell to the ground.

Note:
Try to understand the meaning of the sentence. This will help you gauge which tense to use. Discover the words that point to a certain tense. Then, go through the given options and choose the correct answer accordingly.