Omission Exercises for Class 8 Ex.3&4 (Solved)

Exercise-3

In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with word that comes before and the word that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined:

		Before	Word	After
Throughout the greater part Bertrand Russell’s	(a)	……..	……..	……..
childhood, most important hours of his days	(b)	……..	……..	……..
were those he spent alone in the garden.	(c)	……..	……..	……..
He knew corner of the garden, and knew	(d)	……..	……..	……..
in part of the garden primroses and bluebells	(e)	……..	……..	……..
bloomed. He was very fond watching the	(f)	……..	……..	……..
sunrise on bright April days would he	(g)	……..	……..	……..
sometimes used slip out of the house a long walk before breakfast.	(h)	……..	……..	……..

Answers:-

	Before	Word	After
(a)	part	of	Bertrand Russell’s
(b)	childhood	the	most
(c)	those	that	he
(d)	knew	each	corner
(e)	in	which	part
(f)	fond	of	watching
(g)	would	smiles	he
(h)	used	to	slip

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Exercise-4

In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with word that comes before and the word that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined:

		Before	Word	After
From very early times, India been	(a)	……….	……….	……….
famous spices, textiles, jewellery	(b)	……….	……….	……….
and pearls. The Arabs among	(c)	……….	……….	……….
the first to come India for trade.	(d)	……….	……….	……….
Later, the Portuguese, the Dutch, French	(e)	……….	……….	……….
and the English followed. They fought themselves	(f)	……….	……….	……….
to control trade. The English the most powerful.	(g)	……….	……….	……….
They traded the English East India Company.	(h)		……….	……….

	Before	Word	After
(a)	India	had	been
(b)	famous	for	spices
(c)	Arabs	were	among
(d)	come	to	India
(e)	Dutch,	the	French
(f)	fought	among	themselves
(g)	English	were	the
(h)	traded	through	the

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