Exercise-139
The following passages have not been edited. One word is missing in Write the missing word along with the word that comes before it and the word that comes after it.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Continuously breathing unclean, stale air slows the | e.g. | breathing | in | unclean |
| normal cleansing action of the lungs results in pollutants | (a) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| getting embedded deep the lungs thereby reducing their | (b) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| capacity. Over time the immune system also damaged | (c) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| and we become vulnerable respiratory diseases. | (d) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | lungs | that | results |
| (b) | deep | in | the |
| (c) | also | gets | damaged |
| (d) | vulnerable | to | respiratory |
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Exercise-140
The following passages have not been edited. One word is missing in Write the missing word along with the word that comes before it and the word that comes after it.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| A severe earthquake struck a seismic hot zone in the | ||||
| Himalayan foothills today, toppling thousands houses, | (a) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| causing massive landslides and at least 87 people. | (b) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| It was the strongest earthquake in last 20 years. | (c) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| Heavy rains hampered operations. | (d) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | thousands | of | houses |
| (b) | and | killing | at |
| (c) | in | the | last |
| (d) | hampered | relief | operations |
