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The wind and the sun argued one day over which one was the strongest. They saw a man walking along the road and they wanted to see which one could take the coat from the A__________ back the quickest. The wind B_________ to blow. He blew strong gusts of air, but the man kept the coat tight against C________ The wind blew still D______ but the man held his coat tightly. The wind could not take the coat from the man. It was now the sun's turn. The sun did very little, just quietly shone upon the man until he became so warm that he E_________ off his coat.

A 1) traveller 2) travellers 3) traveller's 4) travellers'

B 1) began 2) begun 3) begins 4) begin

C 1) his 2) him 3) them 4) they

D 1) harder 2) hardly 3) hardest 4) more hard

E 1) takes 2) has taken 3) was taking 4) took