In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
The working of the stomach was 1.______ by a strange accident. In 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was 2. ______ hit by a shot gun. The bullet had seriously 3. ______ the chest wall and made a hole in 4. ______ stomach. He was brought to an American army 5. ______ William Beaumont.
The doctor saved the patient but he 6. ______ not close the hole properly. Beaumont took it as a 7______ opportunity to see the inside of the stomach 8. ______ the hole. He made some wonderful observations. Beaumont 9. ______ that the stomach was churning food. Its wall secreted a fluid 10. ______ could digest the food. He also observed that the end of the stomach opens into the intestine only after the digestion of the food inside the stomach is completed.Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 6.
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
The working of the stomach was 1.______ by a strange accident. In 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was 2. ______ hit by a shot gun. The bullet had seriously 3. ______ the chest wall and made a hole in 4. ______ stomach. He was brought to an American army 5. ______ William Beaumont.
The doctor saved the patient but he 6. ______ not close the hole properly. Beaumont took it as a 7______ opportunity to see the inside of the stomach 8. ______ the hole. He made some wonderful observations. Beaumont 9. ______ that the stomach was churning food. Its wall secreted a fluid 10. ______ could digest the food. He also observed that the end of the stomach opens into the intestine only after the digestion of the food inside the stomach is completed.Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 6.
Would
Would
Could
Could
Should
Should
Had
Had
Correct Answer:
Could
Could
option B Could is the right answer from given four
could- could is used to say that somebody had the ability or was allowed to do something.
the doctor was unable to do that, so could not is the correct usage.
note- the given paragraph is in past tense; so past form of the madals are required here,