Question

Fill in the blank with most appropriate word-
“I can’t marry Mr. Fire. I _______ already _______ my word to another man”, said the chiefs daughter.
a) Don’t/give
b) Has/given
c) Shall/give
d) Didn’t/given
e) Have/given

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully. The chief's daughter is saying that she cannot marry Mr. Fire, she has already given her word to some other man.

Complete answer:
 For such questions, you must check the tense of the given sentence. The tense and the verb form should match. Try finding out the core meaning of the sentence first, by only reading it, then move forward to completing it. There are two blanks given and both the words will have to be interrelated to form a meaning sentence.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option-
Option ‘a’ is Don’t/give. This cannot be the correct option as we cannot use ‘don’t' with ‘already'. So, we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘b’ is Has/given. This also cannot be the correct answer as we cannot use ‘has' with ‘given’ in the same context. So, we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘c’ is Shall/give. It also cannot be the correct answer as we cannot use ‘shall’ with ‘already' in this particular sentence. So, we will eliminate this option as well.
Option ‘d’ is didn’t/given. It is an incorrect option as we cannot use ‘didn’t' with ‘given’. It would be grammatically incorrect.
Option ‘e’ is Have/given. The first blank can have ‘have’ and the second blank will have ‘given' to make the sentence meaning. We can only use ‘have' with ‘given’. Hence, option ‘e’ is the correct option.

Note:
 Follow basic grammar rules to solve such questions. You must know which verb/tense form is to be used with which one. All the other options are plausible distractions.