Exercise-79
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 | ||
| The captain / the team asked | e.g. | captain | of | the |
| Harry he would like to take | (a) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| part the match. Harry replied that he | (b) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| very much wanted to play he was | (c) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| very sorry to say that he not keeping | (d) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| fit. Harry not want to take the risk | (e) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
| as the match was last five days. | (f) | …….. | …….. | …….. |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | Harry | if | he |
| (b) | part | in | the |
| (c) | play | but | he |
| (d) | he | was | not |
| (e) | Harry | did | not |
| (f) | was | to | last |
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Exercise-80
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 | ||
| After the holy man had spoken / Rama, | e.g. | spoken | to | Rama |
| he told Rama’s mother that should | (a) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| he sent to pray the Kali Temple in the | (b) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| village. He promised good lady that if | (c) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| this was done, Kali, the goddess appear, | (d) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| take pity on him and bless. Then all her | (e) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
| worries would over. | (f) | ……. | ……. | ……. |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | that | he | should |
| (b) | pray | at | the |
| (c) | promised | the | good |
| (d) | goddess | would | appear |
| (e) | bless | him. | Then |
| (f) | would | be | over |
