Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs

7 Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs. Sir Isaac Newton 1 (be) interested in difficult problems That's why he 2 (become) quite absent-minded. One day, a man 3 (come) to see him, but the servant 4 (tell) that Sir Isaac 5 (be) busy, and he didn't want to 6 (see) anybody at that moment. As it was dinner time, the visitor 7 (sit) down in the dining room to wait for the scientist. The servant 8 (come) and 9 (place) a boiled chicken on the table. The gentleman, feeling very hungry, 10 (eat) the chicken and 11 (cover) up the skeleton. Then, he 12 (ask) the servant to prepare another one for his master. Before the second chicken was ready, Newton 13 (enter) the room, apologizing for his delay. Then, Sir Isaac felt 14 (add) that he 15 (feel) hungry. With those words Newton 16 (lift) the cover, 17 (turn) round to his visitor and 18 (say) that what a strange people the scientists 19 (be) because he himself quite 20 (forget) that he dined already! Now, choose the sentence you think best fits the end of the text. 1. He was busy in his room when a visitor came. 2. Newton was interested in the cooking methods. 3. A strange visitor came to see Newton. 4. The visitor asked Newton if he could eat the chicken. 5. At that moment, the servant brought another chicken. 6. Newton got angry and shouted at the visitor.

This question includes visual content: The image shows a textbook page with an portrait photograph of Sir Isaac Newton on the left, followed by a paragraph containing numbered blanks (1-20) for verb conjugation. Below the text, there is a list of six sentences labeled 1 to 6 to be chosen as the end of the text. There is also a section at the bottom titled 'Answer the questions' with three open-ended questions.