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1. A mother sheep knows the difference between her lamb and another. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. 2. The use of bottled supplements with your diet is a practice that needs to be discouraged. It is also essential to keep up with new developments in research. Ironically, those health-conscious individuals who already eat large quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables, whose diet does not include junk food and who get plenty of regular exercise have the least need for dietary supplements but tend to be the most likely to use them. 3. Rocks at the bottom of the sea do not contain dinosaur fossils because they were land animals. They are mostly found in the rock layers

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Grammar Exercises

1. A mother sheep knows the difference between her lamb and another. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. 2. The use of bottled supplements with your diet is a practice that needs to be discouraged. It is also essential to keep up with new developments in research. Ironically, those health-conscious individuals who already eat large quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables, whose diet does not include junk food and who get plenty of regular exercise have the least need for dietary supplements but tend to be the most likely to use them. 3. Rocks at the bottom of the sea do not contain dinosaur fossils because they were land animals. They are mostly found in the rock layers

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Exercise on Editing

The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given.
Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you
have supplied.

1. Incorrect Correct

A mother sheep know the difference between e.g., know knows

her lamb and another. Never matter how many (a) _______ _________

lambs their are in the flock, she will always (b) _______ _________

pick at her kind. This (c) _______ _________

is a good example for motherly instinct. (d) _______ _________

2.

The use for bottled supplements with your diet is a practice a) ……… ……………

that need to be discouraged. It is also essential to keep abreast b) ……… …………..

off new developments in research. Ironically those health-conscious individuals c) ………… ………….

who already eats large quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables, d) ……… …………

who diet does not include junk food and who get plenty of regular e) ……… …………

exercise and have least need for dietary supplements tend to be the ones f) ……… ………

whom are most likely to use them. g) ………… ……

Exercise on Omitting

3. 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 ward that comes after it in the space provided against the correct
blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.

Before word after

Rocks at bottom of the sea e.g. at the bottom

do not contain dinosaur

fossils they were land animals. (a) ………… ………… …………

They mostly found in the rock (b) ………… ………… …………

layers at the bottom swamps, (c) ………… ………… …………

lakes or rivers. Many theories


try explain the death of the (d) ………… ………… …………

dinosaurs. Some are unlikely (e) ………… ………… …………

than the others. Many people believe

that they became extinct of change (f) ………… ………… …………

in world climate.

4. Complete the passages using suitable prepositions.

The chameleon is a relative ___1___ the lizard. It is a reptile. It can be found ___2___ Africa and Madagascar.
You can also find it in some parts of Asia and southern Europe. Some varieties of chameleons can grow
___3___ a length of 60 centimeters. However, the most common variety does not grow more than 30
centimeters long. The most interesting thing ___4___ the chameleon is that it is able to change color. It is able
to change quickly ___5___ white to yellow, black, green or brown. It is able to do this because of the
differences ___6___ light and temperature of its surroundings. The chameleon lives in trees. Its tail and feet can
hold on ___7___ the branches while it is reaching ___8___ to catch its prey. The chameleon can remain very
still ___9___ a branch ___10___ hours. As a result, when it is hunting, its prey will not even know it is there.

5. Read the following passage carefully. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the verb in the
bracket.

Coffee is a beverage ___1___ ( drink ) by many past generations of people. What most people do not realize is
that coffee is ___2___ ( make ) from beans ___3___ ( pick ) from trees. Coffee trees ___4___ ( grow ) either
from seeds or cuttings. These trees will begin to ___5___ ( bear ) crops when they are about four years old.
Workers on coffee plantations have to pick the beans by hand. After the beans ___6___ ( gather ), they are
___7___ ( roast ) at high temperatures. This process ___8___ ( give ) them their fragrance. The best coffee is
made from freshly ___9___ ( grinding ) beans. There are many different ways of ___10___ ( prepare ) coffee.
Coffee can be served either with or without milk.

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