- intermediate-25
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 25 (Answer Keys)
The Hare and the Tortoise
A1 One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ridiculed the short feet of the tortoise.
answer: (b) ridiculed
A2 He also made fun of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.
answer: (a) fun
A3 The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily beat him in a race.
answer: (c) beat
A4 It was agreed that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.
answer: (d) agreed
A5 The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a steady pace all the time to the end of the race.
answer: (c) steady
A6 The hare shot ahead and then decided to lie down at the side of the path for a rest.
answer: (b) lie
A7 It wasn't long before the hare fell into a deep sleep.
answer: (c) deep
A8 When he woke up, he couldn't believe his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.
answer: (b) believe
A9 At the end of the race the tortoise, exhausted by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.
answer: (c) exhausted
A10 The moral of this fable is: slow but sure always wins the race in the end.
answer: (a) sure
