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Practice Questions

In the following passages, one word has been omitted in each numbered line. Write the
missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after the
missing word. Underline the missing words.
Before Missing After
word

1. A little boy came running excitedly his mother (a) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
saying, “Mother, there is boy out there in the (b) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

woods who is mocking me.
Everything say he says after me. (c) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

If say, ‘Hello,’ he says, ‘Hello’. (d) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
When I say ‘Who are you?’ he says, ‘Who you?’. (e) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

So I got mad jumped over the fence (f) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
and went the woods to find him. But (g) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

he wasn’t anywhere.
Before Missing After
word

2. There were many fish living a pond. They were (a) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
swimming and enjoying themselves the water. (b) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

They never came out the water. (c) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
One day, I went there give some food to them. (d) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

Integrated Grammar Surprisingly, one small fish came up the
(e) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
surface of water. She had tears her eyes. (f) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

She advised me, “Don’t throw garbage this pond. (g) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
You should keep water clean that we can (h) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

survive easily.”

Before Missing After
word
3. A male kangaroo stands taller than man. (a) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

His tail often called his ‘third leg’. His huge (b) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

hind legs can send sailing over a nine-foot (c) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
fence with ease. A twitch his tail can break a man’s (d) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

leg like matchstick. Female kangaroos a pouch, (e) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

which is basically a fold skin with a single opening. (f) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––

A new born kangaroo is less than inch long. (g) –––––––– –––––––– ––––––––
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