Fill in the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the correct forms of the verbs given in the brackets, chosen from List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Verb forms) |
|---|---|
| (A) Last Sunday, Papa ________ (ride) his old scooter all the way to Lonavala. | (I) hidden |
| (B) Has anyone ________ (hide) my cricket bat again? | (II) ridden |
| (C) By evening, the boys had ________ (ride) their cycles twice round the lake. | (III) hid |
| (D) When the Diwali crackers went off last night, our cat ________ (hide) under the bed. | (IV) rode |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Last Sunday, Papa rode his old scooter all the way to Lonavala. | (IV) rode | Simple past (V2) of “ride” (ride – rode – ridden). No helping verb comes before the blank, and “last Sunday” shows a finished past time. |
| (B) Has anyone hidden my cricket bat again? | (I) hidden | After the helping verb “has”, the verb takes its past participle (V3): hide – hid – hidden. |
| (C) By evening, the boys had ridden their cycles twice round the lake. | (II) ridden | After the helping verb “had”, the verb takes its V3: had + ridden. |
| (D) When the Diwali crackers went off last night, our cat hid under the bed. | (III) hid | Simple past (V2) of “hide”. No helping verb comes before the blank, and “last night” shows a finished past time. |