OMISSION EXERCISE-31
The following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against correct line number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one been done for you.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Today, researchers examining garlic and | e.g. | researchers | are | examining |
| its 200-odd chemical components are | (a) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| said to be beneficial everything from heart | (b) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| disease to cancer. This pungent herb has been used | ||||
| by the Chinese 3000 B.C. to ward off disease. | (c) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| Garlic can be used fighting cancer ; | (d) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| and cholesterol it stimulates the | (e) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| immune system strengthen the body’s | (f) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| defences cancer and inhibits the | (g) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| growth and spread tumour. | (h) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
Answers–
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | components | which | are |
| (b) | beneficial | for/to | everything |
| (c) | Chinese | since | 3000 |
| (d) | used | for | fighting |
| (e) | cholesterol | as | it |
| (f) | system | to | strengthen |
| (g) | defences | against | cancer |
| (h) | spread | of | tumour |
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OMISSION EXERCISE-32
The following passages, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in the space provided against correct line number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one been done for you.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Ants are perhaps most impressive little | e.g. | perhaps | the | most |
| creatures the entire Animal Kingdom. | (a) | …… | …… | …… |
| Their social system is higher even than of | (b) | …… | …… | …… |
| the beehive, and many ways resembles | (c) | …… | …… | …… |
| that of mankind. They have knowledge of | (d) | …… | …… | …… |
| hygiene are well-versed in the art of taming | (e) | …… | …… | …… |
| other creatures and employing them service. | (f) | …… | …… | …… |
| They have many virtues similar human qualities. | (g) | …… | …… | …… |
| They have an appetite anything that lives and | (h) | …… | …… | …… |
Answers–
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | creatures | of | the |
| (b) | even | that | that |
| (c) | and | in | many |
| (d) | of | the | mankind |
| (e) | hygiene | and | are |
| (f) | them | to | service |
| (g) | similar | to | human |
| (h) | appetite | for | anything |
