Exercise-99
There is one word missing from each line. Mark the place with ‘I’ sign and write the correct word as given in the example.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| The king pretended to/a thief and he knew | e.g. | to | be | a |
| where the keys the treasury were kept. While the | (a) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| diamonds shared, the honest thief felt pity | (b) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| for the king was losing his entire stock. | (c) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| He asked his companion to leave diamond | (d) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| behind in the safe, it was done. The next morning | (e) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| when was discovered that the treasury was | (f) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| looted, minister was sent by the king to access | (g) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
| the loss. Minister found a diamond that had missed the eyes of the thieves. | (h) | ……… | ……… | ……… |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | keys | of | the |
| (b) | diamonds | were | shared |
| (c) | king | who | was |
| (d) | leave | one | diamond |
| (e) | safe | and | it |
| (f) | when | it | was |
| (g) | looted | the | minister |
| (h) | loss. | The | minister |
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Exercise-100
In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each line against which a blank space is given. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
| Before | Word | After | ||
| A reporter was interviewing witness about | e.g. | Interviewing | a | witness |
| an accident. She him if he had seen | (a) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| the accident taking. If he could tell | (b) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| her what he seen. The witness replied | (c) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| that had seen a car coming at a | (d) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| very speed and hitting the scooter. | (e) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| The reporter asked him the scooterist | (f) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| was driving his lane. The witness | (g) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
| said that he was not fault. | (h) | ….. | ….. | ….. |
Answers:-
| Before | Word | After | |
| (a) | she | asked | him |
| (b) | taking | place. | If |
| (c) | he | had | seen |
| (d) | that | he | had |
| (e) | very | fast | speed |
| (f) | him | whether | the |
| (g) | driving | in | his |
| (h) | not | at | fault |
