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Study the following sentences. Select the one underlined word which is incorrect. Write the incorrect answer in the boxes provided. One has been done as an example.
e.g. The National Gallery of Art at Washington D.C., is one of the world’s greatest museums.
| at |
(a) Millions of people had entered its doors to see the paintings by some of the world’s finest artists
(b) But if, those priceless masterpieces are to be preserved, the gallery must protected them carefully.
(c) The 150 guards have successively prevented damage and theft.
(d) But, protecting the paintings from nature was a greater problem.
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Solution
Incorrect words
(a) had
(b) protected
(c) successively
(d) was
Correct words
(a) have
(b) protect
(c) successfully
(d) is
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Swarni: You don’t know what a great fellow Raj am is! In the beginning I could not get along with him but now he is my good friend. And you know, he has a real police dress.
Grandmother: Is it? What does he want a police dress for?
Swarni: His father is the Police Superintendent. He is the master of every policeman here.
Grandmother: I think, it must be a tremendous office. Do you know, your grandfather was a powerful submagistrate and the Police Force trembled before him? Even the fiercest dacoits of the place fled.
Swarni: That will do, Granny. It’s so boring. Let me tell you something about Raj am. Do you know how many marks he gets in arithmetic?
Grandmother: He gets all the marks, doesn’t he, child?
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