Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words given below. around, react, too, method, fields, on, plants,
together, is, family, planter, weeds, experience, talking

Ecology is the study of how (1)… ……………………, animals and people live (2)…… ………… and
help each other. But man sometimes forgets he (3) ……..……….. a part of the (4)……………….. of
all living things. Here is an example. A planter is (5)………………. about killing (6)… ……………
on his land. He remembers his first (7)……………….… with a weedicide. He was a (8)
………………….. then, working (9)………..………..a rubber plantation. He had a problem with
weeds. The cost of weeding of the (10)…….…………… by hand was getting (11)………..…………
high. So he used a new, cheap and effective (12)……………………, good old Sodium
Arsenate. He sprayed plenty of this (13)………………………… to kill the weeds. The first thing to
(14)…………………… were the frogs.

1. plants

2. together

3. is

4. family

5. talking

6. weeds

7. experience

8. planter

9. on

10. fields

11. too

12. method

13. around

14. react

Explanation:

This type of question demands vocabulary knowledge and understanding of the context. These are the steps I would recommend to answer it:

1. Read the words you must use to fill in the blanks first. If you do not know some of them, look up their meanings.

2. Read the paragraph that must be completed. Since you already know what words to use, it will be easy to see where some of them will go already.

3. Work through elimination. Use the words you are sure about first. For instance, in the passage, when ecology is mentioned, it is quite clear that we will need the word "plants".

4. When you are done with the words you are certain of, go slow with the ones you are left with. Read the sentences again, try different words, and choose the one that best fits the context.

i believe it is d.) previous creature

i have identified the gerund in this sentence by writing it in all capitals.

gerund phrase: writing it in all capitals

gerund use: object of preposition