Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets.

It ………….1………… (get) dark. The birds ………2……….. (fly) around the trees looking for a place to spend the night. Once ……..3……… (settle) on the branches, they ………………4…………. (become) invisible among the green leaves. Below them the dust and the smoke of the city ………..5……….. (fill) the air. Vehicles ……….6………. (roar) past, blaring their horns. But just like sleeping babies, the birds …………… (rest) quietly.

1. a) got; b) was getting; c) is getting

2. a) have flown; b) were flying; c) are flying

3. a) settle; b) settled; c) were settling

4. a) have become; b) became; c) had become

5. a) filled; b) filling; c) were filling

6. a) roaring ; b) roared; c) are roaring

7. a) have rested; b) had rested; c) rested

Answers

It was getting dark. The birds were flying around the trees looking for a place to spend the night. Once settled on the branches, they became invisible among the green leaves. Below them the dust and the smoke of the city filled the air. Vehicles roared past, blaring their horns. But just like sleeping babies, the birds rested quietly.