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(g) soar up and steered its pace and course (h) in great ease. How Abdul wished he
could fly like those beauties in the air!

a. (i) waxes (ii) waving (iii) wavy (iv) wary

b. (i) While (ii) Where (iii) Whence (iv) Whose
c. (i) attracting (ii) distract (iii) attraction (iv) attracted

d. (i) kid (ii) egg (iii) fledgling (iv) cub
e. (i) fluttered (ii) fluttering (iii) flutters (iv) unflutter

f. (i) needs (ii) needing (iii) did need (iv) needed
g. (i) soaring (ii) soars (iii) soared (iv) sored

h. (i) of (ii) with (iii) as (iv) into
12. After a long day out in the (a) scorched sun at Nizamuddin railway station, having
checked out every bit of garbage (b) dispose of trains, a group of ragpickers gathered

for a chat in a (c) rain-sweeping shelter. This was no (d) regularly gathering for them.
It was a Mother’s Day gathering. Most children had never (e) hear the word, but grew
(f) emotions once they got to know what the day signified. Gifts for their mothers
(g) ranging from promises of not running away, to earning enough to (h) insure their
mothers of some comfort some day.
a. (i) scorching (ii) unscorched (iii) scorch (iv) most scorch

b. (i) disposal (ii) undisposed (iii) disposed (iv) disposing

c. (i) rained-off (ii) rain-sweep (iii) rained-in (iv) rain-swept
d. (i) regulation (ii) regular (iii) regulated (iv) irregular

e. (i) hearing (ii) did hear (iii) heard (iv) herd
f. (i) emoted (ii) emotional (iii) emote (iv) emotion

g. (i) ranged (ii) rang (iii) range (iv) deranged
h. (i) ensure (ii) assured (iii) assure (iv) insurance

Editing (Omission)
Editing (Omission)
In this type of exercise, a word is missing in each line of the text against which a blank has been
given. The students are required to locate the spot from where the word has been omitted,
and they need to provide the missing word.

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