Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the numbered blank in the following passage.

The servant ___ (i)_ (ask) (ii)_ (go) to the market yesterday. He was asked (iii)_ (bring) apples for his master. He (iv)_ (go) to a fruit shop and (v)_ (buy) one kilogram of god apples. But the shopkeeper (vi)_ (put) a rotten apple among them. When the servant (vii)_ (come) home, he (viii)_ (give) the apples to his mistress. The mistress (ix)_ (notice) the rotten apple and hence (x)____ (take) him to task.

Fill in blank (iii)