Question

 

Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the following passage

Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away. “You never know when you might need it” was (1) .................................. of her favourite sayings.

She lived (2) .................................. herself in a large Victorian house across the road from us. (3) .................................. I never went to her house, I knew it was full of antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on. In every room, there were dozens of paintings so that her house was (4) ..................................an art gallery. I remember my father (5) .................................. that she was a “Straffordshire Darby” but I (6) ..................................no idea of what  he meant. I (7) .................................. out years later that the Darby family had made their money from coal-mining in Straffordshire. We used to make (8) ..................................stories about her. My sister, Alice, (9) ..................................was a romantic girl, told us that Miss Darby once had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (10) ..................................saw  him  again!

 

Answer 1

1. one

2. by

3. Although/ Though/ Even though

4. like

5. said

6. had

7. found

8. some

9. who

10. never