1. Fill in the blanks in the following passage by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets. A diesel tanker (a) ……………… (catch) fire last evening when it (b)…………..(fill) up the underground tank of a petrol station situated on the G.T. Road. Soon the fir4e from the tanker (c)…………. (reach) the station’s administrative block. Suddenly the driver of the tanker (d)………………. (get) into it and (e)…………… (driver) it 25 yards ahead of the station. A big tragedy (f)………… .(avert) due to his brave act.  ​

  1. caught
  2. was filling
  3. reached
  4. got
  5. drove
  6. was averted

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mee tooo[pls
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a) caught
b) filled 
c) reached
d) got 
e) drove
f) averted
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thanks, Rujul ! but I think the last part( f) would be had averted.. please confirm 
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Correct answer for b) was filling
f) was averted
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 i also 

 
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thank you, Siddharth !
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f) it can also be 'had been averted'
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