Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. Your chosen verbs should agree with their respective subjects and should be fitting and meaningful within the context of the passage and answer the given subquestions.

“The first of your tasks [i] _____ to bring me the skin of the Nemean lion,” said the King of Greece to Hercules. “Neither weapon nor stone [ii] _____ the flesh of the Nemean lion,” whispered the people amongst themselves. “If he [iii] _____ to no weapon, I will tear off his hide with his own claws,” said Hercules, and that was exactly how he defeated the ferocious Nemean lion. Out of the lion’s skin, a coat of mail, and out of his neck, a helmet [iv] _____ prepared. Neither this labor nor any of the other labors assigned to him by the King of Greece [v] _____ impossible for the mighty Hercules.

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.

Wasobiowe [i] _____ in the neighbourhood of Nagasaki. He loved nothing better than to spend his days far out at sea, fishing from a little boat. Once, when the eighth full moon [ii] _____—which in Japan is called the “bean moon” and is the most beautiful of all—Wasobiowe started on a long voyage. Leisurely he [iii] _____ the coast, and rejoiced in the bold outlines of the rocks seen by the light of the moon. But, without warning, black clouds gathered overhead. The storm [iv] _____, the rain poured down, and darkness fell. The waves were lashed into fury, and the little boat was driven swift as an arrow before the wind. For three days and nights the hurricane raged. As dawn [v] _____ on the fourth morning, the wind was stilled, and the sea grew calm.

Excerpted from: Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods. Retold by Frank Rinder, The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 2014, p. 77.

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Read the passage and answer the given subquestions.

People came to him when the patient ____(1)_____ (is) on his last legs. Dr. Raman often burst out, ‘Why couldn’t you have come a day earlier?’ The reason was obvious—____(2)_____ (visit) fee twenty-five rupees, and more than that, people liked to shirk the fact that the time had come to call in Dr. Raman; for them there was something ominous in the very association. As a result, when the big man ______(3)____ (come) on the scene, it was always a quick decision one way or another. There was no scope or time for any kind of wavering or whitewashing. Long years of practice of this kind had _____(4)____ (breed) in the doctor a certain curt truthfulness; for that very reason his opinion was valued; he was not a mere doctor _____(5)_____ (express) an opinion but a judge pronouncing a verdict. The patient’s life hung on his words. This never worried Dr. Raman. He never believed that agreeable words ever saved lives.