Copy the correct answers from the given alternatives. Rewriting the text is not necessary. Last winter, I was staying in a small town. There lived…

Copy the correct answers from the given alternatives. Rewriting the text is not necessary.

Last winter, I was staying in a small town. There lived (a)........(a/an/the/no article) elderly man and his son near the riverbank. The man usually travelled to work (b)........(on/by/with/in) bus. One evening, while I was returning home, I (c)........(see/saw/had seen/seen) him standing outside his house. As I needed some guidance, I asked politely, "Could you please tell me the way to hospital? I (d)........(can/may/will/must) reach there soon." He said, "You seem a stranger to this place, (e)........(don't you/aren't you/haven't you/won't you)?" I answered him that (f)........(he belongs/he would belong/I will belong/I belonged) to another village. Then, he showed me the shortest way. I went straight following his direction. (g)........(Moreover/However/So/Although), I couldn't find out the exact way (h) ........(whom/why/when/that) he was talking about. Again, I had to ask for the direction. If I (i)........(had noted/had been noted/have noted/will note) the direction earlier, I would have reached the hospital in time. I got flushed. This was one of the (j)........(bad/worse/worst/as bad as) days in my life.