Comprehension Passage
Direction: In the following passage, some words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was _______ (1) by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there _______(2) nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which ______ (3) her so well that she would never wear anything else. So she was always called Little Red Riding Hood.
One day her mother _______ (4) to her, "Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she ______ (5) ill and weak, and they will do her good."Which of the following most appropriately fits the blank labeled as (1)?
1
love
2
loved
3
loves
4
loving
5
None of the above