EXERCISE -7
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each tine. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the ward that comes after it in the space provided against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Eskimos live in Polar areas. It is difficult | e.g. | in | the | polar |
| to make accurate estimate but | (a) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| there probably about 50,000 Eskimos. Eskimos | (b) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| are not usually tall they have powerful | (c) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| legs and shoulders. They yellowish skin | (d) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| and straight, black hair. Eskimos | ||||
| have common language and can understand | (e) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| members another group, although they | (f) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| may come many thousand miles away. | (g) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| Most important unit of Eskimo’s society | (h) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| is the family. |
Answer
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | make | an | accurate |
| (b) | there | are | probably |
| (c) | tall | but | they |
| (d) | They | have | yellowish |
| (e) | have | a | common |
| (f) | members | of | another |
| (g) | come | from | many |
| (h) | The | most | _____ |
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EXERCISE -8
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each tine. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the ward that comes after it in the space provided against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Advertisements not only assault our eyes and ears also | e.g. | ears | but | also |
| our pockets. It is almost impossible to escape advertisements. | (a) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| Hoardings stare down us from the sides of roads; | (b) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| Jingles and slogans assault our ears. In magazines, | ||||
| pictures of washing machines washing powder take up more | (c) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| space the letter press. All these are the developments | (d) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| have grown up side by side with the | (e) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| spread of education and technical advances radio and T.V. | (f) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | escape | from | advertisements |
| (b) | down | at | us |
| (c) | machines | and | washing |
| (d) | space | than | the |
| (e) | ———- | that | have |
| (f) | advances | in | radio |
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