EXERCISE -19
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Colour of the leaves | (a) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| indicates the health of tree. | (b) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| It is therefore important expose | (c) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| them to sunlight open air. | (d) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| They normally hardy plants | (e) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| and as rule kept outdoors round | (f) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| the year and occasionally brought indoors | (g) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| decoration. A well shaped rootage lends | ||||
| a special charm bonsai, suggesting stability and age. | (h) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | the | Colour | |
| (b) | of | a | tree |
| (c) | important | to | expose |
| (d) | sunlight | and | open |
| (e) | They | are | normally |
| (f) | as | a | rule |
| (g) | indoors | for | ——- |
| (h) | charm | to | bonsai |
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EXERCISE -20
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| The word calligraphy is composite adaptation | (a) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| of two Greek words : Kallos (beauty) graphein | (b) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| (to write). It primarily an art and perhaps | (c) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| one the most intimate, spontaneous and | (d) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| personal expression, reflecting calligrapher’s | (e) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| moods. Like any other form art, calligraphy | (f) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| too been always influenced by the cultures | (g) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
| and traditions of certain age. | (h) | ………… | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | is | a | composite |
| (b) | (beauty) | and | graphein |
| (c) | it | is | primarily |
| (d) | one | of | the |
| (e) | reflecting | the | calligrapher’s |
| (f) | form | of | art |
| (g) | too | has | been |
| (h) | of | a | certain |
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