Read the paragraph given below and fills in the blanks with the help of options that follow.
(4 marks)
Humans have always thought of the moon as living. In earlier times, it was seen that it had always been
changing. Since it was the brightest star in the dark sky, humans watched and wondered why it (i).......... Humans (ii) .................always afraid of the dark, so the bright light (iii)............ both welcome and mysterious. Today,
we still feel fear or mystery when we (iv)........ at the moon. It is these feelings which keep the old superstitions about the moon alive.
OPTIONS
(i) (a) change (b) is changing (c) changed (d) was changing
(ii) (a) had (b) have been (c) were (d) got
(iii) (a) were (b) was (c) had (d) has
(iv) (a) looks (b) looking (c) look (d) looked
Humans have always thought of the moon as living. In earlier times, it was seen that it had always beenchanging. Since it was the brightest star in the dark sky, humans watched and wondered why it (i)changed. Humans (ii) have been always afraid of the dark, so the bright light (iii) was both welcome and mysterious. Today,we still feel fear or mystery when we (iv) look at the moon. It is these feelings which keep the old superstitions about the moon alive.