OMISSION EXERCISE-33
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 line number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done for you
| Before | Word | After | ||
| When we not satisfied with products or | e.g. | we | are | not |
| services, can improve our chances for | (a) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| satisfactory results using effective | (b) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| First, state problem, | (c) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| and then supply the supporting evidence. | ||||
| Tell explicitly what you want be done | (d) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| about it. Remember to polite and courteous. | (e) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| So, hold your temper avoid attacking the | (f) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| person listening your complaint. Let | (g) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| them know you want the corrective | (h) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| action completed. |
Answers–
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | services, | we | can |
| (b) | using | the | effective |
| (c) | state | the | problem |
| (d) | want | to | be |
| (e) | to | be | polite |
| (f) | temper | and | avoid |
| (g) | listening | to | your |
| (h) | know | that | you |
Download the above Omission exercises with answers in PDF
OMISSION EXERCISE-34
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 line number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done for you.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Needless to say water will perhaps be the scarest | e.g. | say | that | water |
| commodity of 21st century. On the global | (a) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| scale it is assessed that the next two decades, | (b) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| water use by human beings be increased by 40% | (c) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| and 17% more water will be to grow more | (d) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| food for increasing population. Water is | (e) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| finite nature and the quantum of water | (f) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| cannot increased. The World Water Vision | (g) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| Committee our attention to the ‘gloomy arithmetic of water’. | (h) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
Answers–
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | of | the | 21st |
| (b) | that | in | the |
| (c) | being | will | be |
| (d) | be | needed | to |
| (e) | for | the | increasing |
| (f) | finite | in | nature |
| (g) | cannot | be | increased |
| (h) | Committee | draw | our |
Download the above Omission exercises with answers in PDF
