Grammar Test: Article and Tense (Beginners)

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 (ii)