Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order. A young man had a beautiful garden in his mansion. As he loved flowers, shrubs and trees, he tended to the garden himself. Next to his mansion, there was a small house in which _________ (1) (live) an old man. One day, when the young man was _________ (2) (expect) some special guests, he took extra care in _________ (3) (tend) to the garden. He pulled the weeds, _________ (4) (trim) the shrubs, combed the moss and spent a long time meticulously _________ (5) (rake) up and carefully arranging all the dry autumn leaves. As he worked, the old man _________ (6) (watch) him with interest from across the wall that _________ (7) (separate) their houses. When he had finished, the young man stood back to _________ (8) (admire) his work. “Isn’t it beautiful?”, he called out to the old man. “Yes”, replied the old man, “but there is something missing. Help me over this wall and I’ll put it right for you.” After a slight hesitation, the young man _________ (9) (lift) the old fellow over and set him down. Slowly, the old man walked to the tree near the centre of the garden, grabbed it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves _________ (10) (shower) down all over the garden and formed a beautiful carpet. “There”, said the old man, “now it is perfect!”

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Complete any ten of the following twelve tasks, as directed.

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Complete any ten of the following twelve tasks, as directed.

Complete any ten of the following twelve tasks, as directed.

Complete ANY TEN of twelve of the following tasks, as directed :

Complete any ten of twelve of the following tasks, as directed :

Complete any ten of the following twelve tasks, as directed.