Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verb given in brackets:
(i) The thief ______ (catch) red-handed.
Was caught
(ii) A bomb scare ______ (delay) the flight by almost two hours.
Delayed
(iii) The stadium ______ (reverberate) with dance, music and drama as troupes from different parts of the country ______ (present) a panorama of color and costume.
Reverberated, Presented
(iv) I ______ (spend) the whole day yesterday in bed.
Spent
(v) Students from different parts of the country ______ (participate) in the program.
Participated
(vi) It is true that Jim-Corbett ______ (love) animals but he also ______ (kill) many man-eaters.
Loved, Killed
(vii) I ______ (learn) Telugu from a friend who ______ (hail) from Andhra Pradesh.
Learned, Hails
(viii) The bridge across the river ______ (build) some two hundred years ago.
Was built
(ix) The wicked people who ______ (smuggle) brown sugar into the town ______ (arrest) yesterday.
Smuggled, Were arrested
(x) Last night, the clouds ______ (thunder) in the sky.
Thundered
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