Exercise-53
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 | ||
| Generally women found more susceptible | e.g. | women | are | found |
| to superstitions, may be it was the | (a) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| female sections of the society remained uneducated | (b) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| and ignorant years. Now women are trying | (c) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| to break free the progressive shackles | (d) | ……… | ……… | |
| of superstitions. The only effective weapon | (e) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| the cobwebs of superstition education, | (f) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| awareness development of scientific | (g) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| attitude as well aptitude. | (h) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
Answers:
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | be | because | it |
| (b) | society | that | remained |
| (c) | ignorant | for | years |
| (d) | free | from | the |
| (e) | weapon | against | |
| (f) | superstitions | is | education |
| (g) | awareness | and | development |
| (h) | well | as | aptitude |
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Exercise-54
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 | ||
| Going a two week holiday could | e.g. | Going | on | a |
| boost our immune system help fight | (a) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| infection, suggests scientists found | (b) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| that alternations living space of mice | (c) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| dramatically changed white blood | (d) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| cells and made them more prone having a | (e) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| protective inflammatory effect. The research Queen | (f) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| Mary University of London provides first | (g) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| evidence that enriched environment influences the functions of T-cells. | (h) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
Answers:
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | system | and | help |
| (b) | scientists | who | found |
| (c) | alternations | to | living |
| (d) | changed | their | white |
| (e) | prone | to | having |
| (f) | research | at | queen |
| (g) | provides | the | first |
| (h) | that | an | enriched |
