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By the time she was three, Matilda had (i)____________ (teach) herself

1. teached
2. taught
3. teaches
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

to read by (ii) _________ (study) newspapers and magazines

1. studied
2. studies
3. studying
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

that (iii) ________ (lie) around the house.

1. lies
2. lay
3. lied
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

At the age of four, she could (iv) _____________(read) fast and well and

1. read
2. reading
3. was reading
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

she naturally began (v) ______________ (hanker) after books.

1. hankers
2. hankering
3. hankered
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The book in the whole of this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking (vi) _____________

1. belonged
2. belongs
3. belonging
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

(belong) to her mother, and when she had read this from cover to cover and had (vii) ___________ (learn)

1. learns
2. learned
3. learnt
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

all the recipes by heart, she (viii) ____________ (decide) she wanted something more interesting.

1. decides
2. decided
3. was deciding
4.

✅ Correct Answer: 2