English BLANKS VERB [3M]

All night the rain _____________________ (drum) on the corrugated tin roof. There _____________________ (be) no storm, no thunder, just the steady swish of a tropical downpour. It helps me _____________________ (lie) awake; at the same time, it doesn't keep me from _____________________ (sleep).

The blackest cloud I _____________________ ever _____________________ (see) squatted over Mussoorie, and then it _____________________ (hail) marbles for half an hour. Nothing like a hailstorm _____________________ (clear) the sky. Even as I write, I see a rainbow _____________________ (form).