1. The hunters ______ (hunt) birds and other animals. d

The question asks to complete the sentence by filling in the blank with the correct verb form. The word in parentheses indicates the base verb to be used, which is 'hunt'. Since the sentence refers to a past event (implied by the context of a feast that has already happened), the past tense of 'hunt' is required. Kratkoe poyasnenie: Veshchey glagolov v proshlom vremeni trebuyetsya dlya opisaniya deystviy, kotoryye proisshodyat v proshlom. Slovo 'hunted' yavlyayetsya prostoy formoy glagola 'hunt' v proshlom vremeni. Poshagovoye resheniye:

1. Shag 1: Opredelite vremya deystviya. Predlozheniye govorit o proshlom khozyaystve, poetomu trebuyetsya glagol v proshlom vremeni.
2. Shag 2: Preobrazuyte glagol 'hunt' v proshloye vremya. Prostoy formoy glagola 'hunt' v proshlom vremeni yavlyayetsya 'hunted'.

Otvet: hunted