Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb:
Green forests have been _______ (cut) down, verdant valleys have been fallowed and _______ (plough) mercilessly and then _______ (leave) dry and fallow, free-flowing streams _______ (stop), diverted, or _______ (hem) all in the pursuit of greater and greater material advancement.
1
cutting, plough, has left, stopped, hem.
2
cut, ploughed, left, stopped, hemmed.
3
to cut, ploughed, leave, stops, hemming.
4
cuts, ploughing, leaving, stopping, hemming.