- intermediate-23
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 23 (Answer Keys)
The Ants and the Grasshopper
A1 One winter's day when the sun was shining you could hear the sound of great activity.
answer: (b) sound
A2 What you could hear was the ants who were busy drying grain.
answer: (c) busy
A3 Sensibly as all ants do, they had collected the grain during the summer.
answer: (d) collected
A4 Their plan was to eat this provision during the winter.
answer: (a) provision
A5 They were so engrossed in their work that they didn't notice a grasshopper.
answer: (b) engrossed
A6 The grasshopper was so weak he was practically starving because he hadn't eaten for ages.
answer: (c) starving
A7 He saw the ants and begged them with all the strength he could find to let him have a little food.
answer: (a) begged
A8 The ants shook their heads at him and asked him why he hadn't stored up food in the summer.
answer: (b) stored
A9 The poor grasshopper confessed he had spent the whole summer enjoying himself singing and dancing.
answer: (b) confessed
A10 All the ants laughed and said in that case he would have to dance famished to bed in the winter.
answer: (d) famished
