Question

V. Choose from the words in the box to complete the text. There are 3 extra words
continued / worked / joined / called / lived / started / was / were / died /
didn't want / agreed / asked / terrified / tried
Bolster
(1) so big that with one step he could travel six miles from hilltop to hilltop!
He
(2) in Cornwall on the tip of England and
(3) the locals,
stealing sheep and even eating people. He was so much in love with a young girl
(4)
Agnes that he
(5) her to marry him. Agnes
(6) to so she
(7) to think of a way to get rid of him for good. She asked him to do dangerous
things to win her love but nothing
(8), so she remembered one last idea. She
asked him to fill up a hole in a nearby cliff with his blood. Bolster
(9). After all,
how much giant's blood does it take to fill a small hole? The hole, though,
(10)
down into the sea. All his blood
(11) to flow into the sea and that was the end
of the evil giant. This is a very popular legend in Cornwall. Locals say you can still see a red stain on
the cliffs at Chapel Porth!​

Answer 1

1. was

2. lived

3. terrified

4. called

5. asked

6. didn't want

7. tried

8. worked

9. agreed

10. were

11. continued