Question

2. The following passage has not been edited. One word has been omitted in each line. Write
the missing word and insert a slash where it needs to be inserted. First has been done for you.

1. There was / dense forest. A stream flowed
2. gently softly in it. There was a large
3. tree on its bank in a dove lived. At the
4. foot the trunk of the tree, there
5. lived ant in a hole. The ant and the
6.dove fast friends. When they had no work
7. they sat together in the shade of the tree.
8. They talked together and passed time in fun
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Answer 1

1. There was a dense forest. A stream flowed
2. gently and softly in it. There was a large
3. tree on its bank in a dove lived at the
4. foot the trunk of the tree, there
5. lived an ant in a hole. The ant and the
6. dove became fast friends. When they had no work
7. they sat together in the shade of that tree.
8. They talked together and passed time with fun .

Answer 2

Answer:

There was a dense forest. A stream flowed gently and softly in it. There was a large tree on its bank in which a dove lived. At the foot of the trunk of the tree, there lived an ant in a hole. The ant and the dove were fast friends. When they had no work they sat together in the shade of the tree. They talked together and passed their time in fun.