We ….1….. all ….1….. (stand) to in our trenches yesterday morning, Christmas morning. It …..2….. (be) crisp and quiet all about, as

Question

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
forms of verbs given in the brackets and complete the texts:

We ….1….. all ….1….. (stand) to in our trenches yesterday morning, Christmas morning. It …..2….. (be) crisp and quiet all about, as beautiful a morning as I ….3….. ever …3….. (see), as cold and frosty as a Christmas morning should be.

Answer 1

1. were, standing

2. was

3. have seen