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Error correction exercise

October 2, 2015 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. Six years ................................, Alice, a French woman, left her job and accompanied her husband to India.

Correct! Wrong!

2. After moving to India, Alice decided to do something different from what she .................... doing and started teaching blind children in the age group of two to five years.

Correct! Wrong!

3. Alice not only volunteers with her own services; she ............................ other French nationals in Mumbai and gets them involved with the activities of the school.

Correct! Wrong!

4. Tata Motors .......................... into a definitive agreement with Ford on March 26 to acquire the two British luxury brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, at an estimated 2.3 billion dollars.

Correct! Wrong!

5. Finance Minister said that the country’s economy .................... at the slowest pace in four years in the next 12 months as a result of a global slowdown.

Correct! Wrong!

6. According to scientists, black carbon, ......................... from biomass burning, diesel engine exhaust and cooking fires has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates.

Correct! Wrong!

7. The US space shuttle Endeavour ............................ successfully in Florida after the longest mission of its kind to the International Space Station.

Correct! Wrong!

 

Answers

1. Six years ago, Alice, a French woman, left her job and accompanied her husband to India.

2. After moving to India, Alice decided to do something different from what she had been doing and started teaching blind children in the age group of two to five years.

3. Alice not only volunteers with her own services; she also emails other French nationals in Mumbai and gets them involved with the activities of the school.

4. Tata Motors entered into a definitive agreement with Ford on March 26 to acquire the two British luxury brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, at an estimated 2.3 billion dollars.

5. Finance Minister said that the country’s economy may grow at the slowest pace in four years in the next 12 months as a result of a global slowdown.

6. According to scientists, black carbon, emitted from biomass burning, diesel engine exhaust and cooking fires has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates.

7. The US space shuttle Endeavour has landed successfully in Florida after the longest mission of its kind to the International Space Station.

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