Question

Read the following passage and fill in the blanks choosing from the words given in brackets:
One day, a farmer's donkey fell into a well by ___1 ___ [accident / accidently]. The donkey was__ 2 __ [frightening / frightened]. He tried with all his might to ___3___ [jump / trot] and come out, but in vain. He started___4___ [cry , crying] loudly for hours together. Hearing his cry, the___5___ [peoples/people] living nearby came and looked down into the well. The farmer ___6___ [which / who] came in search of his donkey, at last found him and brought the donkey out.

Answer 1

Hint: A verb is an action word and an adverb is a word that describes the verb, that is, it describes the action. The passages are usually written in the simple past tense.

Complete step-by-step answer:

From the hint given to us, we know that a verb is an action word and an adverb is a word that describes the verb, that is, it describes the action. We also know that the passages are usually written in the simple past tense. Keeping these guidelines in mind, we shall be filling in the blanks.
Accidently is an invalid word, that is, the word does not exist in the English language. Hence, we shall be filling the blank 1 with ‘accident’, which is a noun.
Given in the options are two forms of the verb ‘frighten’. Frightening is the present continuous, whereas, frightened simple past. We are aware that passages use the simple past tense. Hence, we shall be filling the blank 2 with ‘frightened’.
To trot is done on a flat surface and is similar to running. To jump means to leap into the air. We observe that jump seems to fit the context of the sentence better. Hence, we shall be filling the blank 3 with ‘jump’.
We observe that blank 4 does not have any helping word or preposition before it. Hence, we shall be filling the blank 4 with ‘crying’.
People is already a plural noun. There is no such thing as peoples. Hence, we shall be filling the blank 5 with ‘people’.
Which is used for objects whereas who is used for a person? A farmer is a person. Hence, We shall be filling the blank 6 with ‘who’

Note: It is to be noted that the part of speech of the word should be correct, with respect to the contacts of the sentence.