Choose and copy the correct answers from the brackets to complete the given text. (Rewriting the text is not compulsory.) There lived three brothers.…

Choose and copy the correct answers from the brackets to complete the given text. (Rewriting the text is not compulsory.)

There lived three brothers. Each wanted to get something special (a) ....... (buy/ to buy/ buying/ bought) for their elderly mother on the Mother's Day. Each of the gifts they wanted to give differed (b) ..... (from/to/by/with) each other. The first brother gave her a huge house. The second brother gave her (c).......... (a/ an/the/no article) unique and expensive car. The third brother remembered that his mother used to love to read the Bible (d) ........... (and/ so/ because/ but) she couldn't see well anymore. So, he gifted her a specially trained parrot that could recite any verse from the Bible on demand.

Soon, the brothers received a thank you note from their mother. The first one's note said, "The house (e)......... (you bought/ you were bought/ you buy/ you were buying) for me is too big ! I only live in a small part of it, but I have to clean the whole thing!" The second son got a note that said, "I rarely (f) ........ (left/ leave/ leaves/ will leave) the house, anymore, so I hardly use the car you gifted me". The third son's note said, "My darling baby, you know just what (g) ...... (your mother loves/ your mother loved/ his mother loves/ my mother loves)! On hearing the remarks, the third son (h)..... (is/was/were/ are) very happy. "Mom! I love you very much, (i) .......... (don't I, don't you, won't you, do you)?", said he. It's easy to understand how the mother responded to the sons. If you do not understand this story well, (j)........ (read, to read, would read, would have read) it again.