Question

Use the appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets to complete the story.
We finally (1) _______________ (reach) a village where I (2) __________(meet) a lady whose age I (3) _____________ (can) not immediately make out. My translator (4) ______________(find) it difficult to interpret the lady's words because her dialect was quite different. She (5) ____________(is) a dark-skinned and dark-haired lady. She must have been around seventy years old but there was no grey in her hair. She obviously could not afford to dye her hair. So, what was her secret? Nobody (6) ____________(know). It must have been a 'secret' common to all for not one person in that whole village (7) ____________(has) a trace of grey hair! I (8) _____________ (think) about it for long time.

Answer 1

Hint: Whenever we write a story, we always use the past tense form of the verb to narrate it. The past tense form of a verb is used to indicate an action that began and completed in the past itself.

Complete answer:
As given in the hint, we will use the past tense form of the verb to complete the given story.
The past tense form of reach is reached.
The past tense form of meet is met.
The past tense form of can is could.
The past tense form of find is found.
The past tense form of is- was.
The past tense form of know is knew.
The past tense form of has is had.
The past tense form of think is thought.
Hence, the correct answer is-
We finally reached a village where I met a lady whose age I could not immediately make out. My translator found it difficult to interpret the lady's words because her dialect was quite different. She was a dark-skinned and dark-haired lady. She must have been around seventy years old but there was no grey in her hair. She obviously could not afford to dye her hair. So, what was her secret? Nobody knew. It must have been a 'secret' common to all for not one person in that whole village had a trace of grey hair! I thought about it for a long time.

Note:
Keep in mind, there are two types of verbs- Regular and Irregular verbs. The former makes its past tense verbs by adding ‘ed’ or ‘d’ to the base form of the verb while the latter uses its own distinct forms. For example- Jumped is a regular verb, chosen is an irregular verb.