Once in a small town there lived a baker. He had two pets – a dog and a donkey. The dog kept watch over the house. The donkey carried the bread and the cakes that the baker made.One night a thief A____ into the house. The baker B____ soundly. The dog too was fast asleep, he did not bark at the thief. The donkey saw the thief and wanted to awaken C____ master, so he began to bray loudly. The thief ran away.

The baker could not sleep. He came out. He could not understand why the donkey brayed so loudly and he beat the stupid but dutiful donkey very badly. But the D____ house was saved. It was the duty of the dog to keep watch and not of the donkey. However, the donkey turned out to be a E____

guard than the dog.


A
1) broken
2) was breaking
3) broke
4) was broken
B
1)
sleeps
2)
was sleeping
3)
slept
4) has slept
C
1)
him
2)
her
3)
he
4) his
D
1)
baker
2)
bakers’
3)
baker’s
4) bakers
E
1) good
2) more good
3) best
4) better