Now, fill in the blanks with appropriate words from Column 1 or Column 2. Detective Shankar, 1. _____ the mysterious suspect through the dimly lit side lanes, away from the 2. _____ of the city, quickened his pace 3. _____. The suspect's heavy footsteps 4. _____ across the street, unaware of the pursuit. Shankar 5. _____ his magnifying glass had to 6. _____ behind the market stalls, 7. _____ through the lanes to avoid being seen. Shankar 8. _____ when he hit himself against a pole. This alarmed the suspect and he 9. _____ into the night leaving only the distant 10. _____ of the sleeping city behind.
Detective Shankar, _____ the mysterious suspect through the dimly lit side lanes
trailing
away from the _____ of the city
bustle
briskly
The suspect's heavy footsteps _____ across the street
thudded
Shankar _____ his magnifying glass
twirling
had to _____ behind the market stalls
crouch
zigzagging
Shankar _____ when he hit himself against a pole
grunted
he _____ into the night
darted
leaving only the distant _____ of the sleeping city behind
snoring
Explanation
The words are selected from the provided vocabulary list to logically and grammatically complete the detective story. 'Trailing' means following a suspect; 'bustle' refers to the noisy activity of the city they are moving away from; 'briskly' is an adverb describing the quickened pace; 'thudded' describes the heavy sound of footsteps; 'twirling' describes the action with the magnifying glass; 'crouch' means to hide low behind the stalls; 'zigzagging' describes the stealthy movement through lanes; 'grunted' is the sound made upon hitting a pole; 'darted' means moved quickly into the night; and 'snoring' perfectly fits the sound of a 'sleeping' city.