Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
He was (1) _______ (gaze) at a couple of heron (2) _ (fish) in the muddy water, when he (3) __ (feel) something bump his elbow. (4) (look) around, he (5) _ (find) at his side a little goat, jet black and soft as velvet with lovely grey eyes. Neither her owner nor her mother (6) __ (be) around. She continued to (7) _ (nudge) Mukesh, so he (8) ______ (look) in his pocket for nourishment.

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(1) gazing
(2) fishing
(3) felt
(4) Looking
(5) found
(6) was
(7) nudge
(8) looked

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(1) gazing(2) fishing(3) felt(4) Looking(5) found(6) was(7) nudge(8) looked

(1) gazing
(2) fishing
(3) felt
(4) Looking
(5) found
(6) was
(7) nudge
(8) looked