OMISSION EXERCISE-41
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each tine. 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 tine number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Most atoms stay as they are all time. | e.g. | all | the | time |
| For example, the atoms in piece of copper | (a) | …… | …… | …… |
| today they same as they were thousands | (b) | …… | …… | …… |
| of millions years ago, when earth | (c) | …… | …… | …… |
| first into existence, and we | (d) | …… | …… | …… |
| know they will stay the same. A few | (e) | …… | …… | …… |
| kinds of atoms, however, always changing. | (f) | …… | …… | …… |
| Quite suddenly, one of these atoms will throw | ||||
| Out a small piece or particle from centre | (g) | …… | …… | …… |
| Or nucleus . AS a result becomes a different Kind of atom . | (h) | …… | …… | …… |
Answers–
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | in | a | piece |
| (b) | today | are | they |
| (c) | when | the | earth |
| (d) | first | came | into |
| (e) | know | that | they |
| (f) | however, | are | always |
| (g) | from | its | centre |
| (h) | result | it | becomes |
OMISSION EXERCISE-42
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each tine. 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 tine number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| If you look a newspaper you will | e.g. | lool | at | a |
| see most of the items of news indicate | (a) | …… | …… | …… |
| where come from. At the head | (b) | …… | …… | …… |
| of some of is printed : From our own | (c) | …… | …… | …… |
| correspondent.’ This means that the | ||||
| newspaper a man or a woman | (d) | …… | …… | …… |
| belonging its staff covering certain | (e) | …… | …… | …… |
| happenings sending in exclusive reports. | (f) | …… | …… | …… |
| Such message usually | (g) | …… | …… | …… |
| concerned important happenings. | (h) | …… | …… | …… |
Answers–
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | see | that | most |
| (b) | where | they | come |
| (c) | of | them | is |
| (d) | newspaper | has | a |
| (e) | belonging | to | its |
| (f) | happenings | and | sending |
| (g) | such | a | message |
| (h) | concerned | with | important |
