- intermediate-25
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 25
The Hare and the Tortoise
Q1 One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ....... the short feet of the tortoise.
(a) laughed (b) ridiculed (c) ridiculous (d) laughter
Q2 He also made ....... of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.
(a) fun (b) joke (c) laugh (d) funny
Q3 The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ....... him in a race.
(a) strike (b) hit (c) beat (d) knock
Q4 It was ....... that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.
(a) consented (b) permitted (c) allowed (d) agreed
Q5 The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ....... pace all the time to the end of the race.
(a) steadying (b) steadied (c) steady (d) steadily
Q6 The hare shot ahead and then decided to ....... down at the side of the path for a rest.
(a) lay (b) lie (c) laid (d) lain
Q7 It wasn't long before the hare fell into a ....... sleep.
(a) profound (b) steep (c) deep (d) full
Q8 When he woke up, he couldn't ....... his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.
(a) understand (b) believe (c) comprehend (d) follow
Q9 At the end of the race the tortoise, ....... by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.
(a) destroyed (b) excavated (c) exhausted (d) evacuated
Q10 The moral of this fable is: slow but ....... always wins the race in the end.
(a) sure (b) evident (c) certain (d) definite
