Read the following passage and fill in the blanks choosing from the words given in brackets:
One day, a farmer's donkey fell into a well by ___1 [accident / accidently]. The donkey was 2 [frightening / frightened]. He tried with all his might to 3 [jump / trot] and come out, but in vain. He started 4 [cry , crying] loudly for hours together. Hearing his cry, the 5 [peoples/ people] living nearby came and looked down into the well. The farmer 6_ [which / who] came in search of his donkey, at last found him and brought the donkey out.

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Solution

The answers for the blanks are:
1: accident, 'accidentally' is wrong because 'by' will be followed by a noun and 'accidentally' is an adverb
2: frightened, 'frightening' is an adjective whereas the sentence calls for an action verb 'was frightened'
3: jump, 'trot' refers to a kind of fast pace walking that cannot be carried out in a well
4: crying, 'cry' is the base verb that has not been conjugated as per the sentence
5: people, 'peoples' does not exist in standard English language
6: who, 'which' refers to things/objects and not people

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