Exercise-73
In the following passage, one word is missing in each line. Write the omitted word along with the preceding and succeeding word in your answer sheet. The first one has been solved as an example.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Car tyres act as cushions / the wheels | e.g. | cushions | for | the |
| for and give the car a good grip on road | (a) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| preventing it from skidding turning corners | (b) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| or when the brake applied. A smooth | (c) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| tyre grips the road far than a | (d) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| treaded tyre, racing cars are fitted with | (e) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| smooth tyres. Non-racing cars could smooth | (f) | ……… | ……… | |
| tyres too if moved only on dry roads | (g) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| like racing cars. But as they have move | (h) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| on all sorts of roads including wet ones, they need treaded tyres. | (a) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | on | the | road |
| (b) | skidding | while | turning |
| (c) | brake | is | applied |
| (d) | far | better | than |
| (e) | are | therefore | fitted |
| (f) | could | use | smooth |
| (g) | if | they | moved |
| (h) | have | to | move |
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Exercise-74
In the following passage, one word is missing in each line. Write the omitted word along with the preceding and succeeding word in your answer sheet. The first one has been solved as an example.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| Doctors praise adhesive bandages / keeping wounds | e.g. | bandages | for | keeping |
| Clean and a good environment for healing. They | (a) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| hold skin together, keep moist, prevent it from | (b) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| cracking and provide padding for wound. ‘There | (c) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| just one minor problem,’ said Dr. Marcy, `If they could | (d) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| only work out a way make them easier to open. You | (e) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| always end up using your teeth something.’ | (f) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | for | their | healing |
| (b) | moist | and | prevent |
| (c) | for | the | wound |
| (d) | _——– | is | just |
| (e) | way | to | make |
| (f) | teeth | or | something |
