10) Choose the correct answers from the brackets to complete the following text. Rewriting is not compulsory. [10x0.5=5] Once upon a time, a lion lived in a forest. One day while he was having a rest a mouse ran........... (up /after /over) it. The lion caught it in its paws. The mouse was very badly.....2...... (Frightening /frightened /frighten). It ....3..... (Said to / asked / ordered) the lion, "You are......4... (a/an/the) king of the forest. I am too small for your appetite....5.... (if / unless / whether) you set me free now, I will help you one day. The lion smiled at it and said, "You will help me....6..... (don't /won't/will) you?" Then the lion let it go. After some days the lion......... (catches/caught/was caught) in a net by hunters. The lion.....8.... (loss/lost/has lost) his hope for being alive, ..9....(but/and/because) the mouse came for his rescue. It cut the net and freed the lion. The lion said to himself, "Even this tiny mouse....10....(makes/had/got) me to think about the importance of friendship. They became good friends ever since.
