Omission Exercises for Class 8 Ex.7&8 (Solved)

Exercise-7

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
Mammals vertebrates or animals with	(a)	……	……	……
backbones. The large brains and a	(b)	……	……	……
keen awareness of surroundings.	(c)	……	……	……
They warm-blooded and have their skin	(d)	……	……	……
covered hair. The young are born alive	(e)	……	……	……
and suckle milk the milk glands of female. You will	(f)	……	……	……
be surprised to know that many animals are otherwise	(g)	……	……	……
very different from another come under this category.	(h)	……	……	……

Answers:-

	Before	Word	After
(a)	mammals	are	vertebrates
(b)	They	have	large
(c)	of	their	surroundings
(d)	They	are	warm-blooded
(e)	covered	with	hair
(f)	milk	from	the
(g)	animals	which	are
(h)	from	one	another

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Exercise-8

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
Soon after Gandhiji return South Africa,	(a)	……..	……..	……..
a meeting of the Congress held in Bombay.	(b)	……..	……..	……..
Kaka Saheb Kalelkar went there help Gandhiji.	(c)	……..	……..	……..
One day Kaka Saheb found Gandhiji searching  something	(d)	……..	……..	……..
something his desk. “What’s the matter?	(e)	……..	……..	……..
What are looking for?” Kaka Saheb asked.	(f)	……..	……..	……..
“I’ve lost pencil,” Bapu answered.	(g)	……..	……..	……..
It was very small pencil”.	(h)	……..	……..	……..

Answers:-

	Before	Word	After
(a)	return	from	South Africa
(b)	Congress	was	held
(c)	ther	to	help
(d)	searching	for	something
(e)	something	on	his
(f)	are	you	looking
(g)	lost	my	pencil
(h)	was	a	very

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