Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in…

Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order. While I was ________ (1) (engage) in watching the beautiful scenery around, the driver ________ (2) (slow) the car down and brought it to a stop. “This is Tenzing’s house, sir,” he proudly ________ (3) (point) out. It was ________ (4) (perch) at a height, its lawn and flowerbeds sloping down towards the road. Wonderful surroundings to live in for a deserving hero of the mountains, I ________ (5) (muse) as I watched a man cutting grass in the garden. Our driver suddenly became all excited and in suppressed delight ________ (6) (whisper) to me, “That ________ (7) (be) Mr. Tenzing Norgay, sir!” The grass-cutter immediately turned to us, sharply ________ (8) (balance) himself on the slippery patch of grass. His expression seemed uncertain just for a fraction of a second and then his face cracked into a thousand bits, ________ (9) (reveal) a smile that only Tenzing could ________ (10) (give) with such universal warmth and sincerity.