Exercise-7
Complete the passage given below by filling in the appropriate tense form of the verb given in the bracket:
Mankind has undoubtedly (a) ______ (progress) since medieval times. The earliest men lived like brutes. Individuals (b) ______ (fight) among themselves and the strong destroyed the weak, for that is the law of the jungle, the law of irrational life. But man (c) ______ (be) not an animal. He (d) ______ (possess) rational faculties. These faculties gradually developed and appeared in his actions, and man (e) ______ (give) up the law of the jungle and made his own rational laws. Men saw that the law of physical strength (f) ______ (be) not applicable to their lives. They (g) ______ (realize) that they (h) ______ (have) souls and the strength of being with a soul can consist of a variety of capabilities other than the power to cut and kill, tear and bite.
Answers:
(a) progressed (b) fought
(c) is (d) possesses
(e) gave (f)was
(g) realized (h) had
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