10. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheets. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. (1/2 x 6 = 3 marks)
An oil tanker become stuck on a reef in Alaska. The rocks (a) ………………………..
in the reef tear a hole in the ship. From the hole, a lot of oil (b) ………………………..
spill into the ocean. A person from the oil company said that (c) ………………………..
they are trying to cleaning it up as fast as they could. They would (d) ………………………..
pay for the entire clean up. A person who lives their said that (e) ………………………..
they were told they will never saw this kind of a problem again
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An oil tanker (become) stuck on a reef in Alaska. The rocks (a) became
in the reef( tear )a hole in the ship. From the hole, a lot of oil (b) tore
(spill )into the ocean. A person from the oil company said that (c) spilt
they are trying to (cleaning) it up as fast as they could. They would (d) clean
pay for the entire clean up. A person who lives (their )said that (e)there
they were told they will never (saw) this kind of a problem again f)see
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The answer to the given question is written below.
- The word 'become' in the first line will be replaced with 'became'.
- The word 'tear' in the second line will be replaced with 'tore'.
- The word 'spill' in the third line will be replaced with 'spilt'.
- The word 'cleaning' in the fourth line will be replaced with 'clean'.
- The word 'their' in the first line will be replaced with 'there'.
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