Question

a)a)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
notebooks as given below against the correct blank numbers. Remember
to underline the word that you have supplied. (1/2 x 6 = 3 marks)

Incorrect Correct

For most than four exhausting years, the
Polish-bom most more
Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre, work
in a ……… ………
large dilapidated wood shed near their Paris ……… ………
lodgings. It was here – on the September
night ……… ………
in 1902 which they finally discovered the
radioactive ……… ………
element that they named ‘radium’ for the
Latin ……… ………

word radius, meaning a ‘ray’. Radium
providing the first effective treatment for
some types of cancer ......... ..........

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. For *most *than four years, Marie Curie (more)

2. and her husband *work* in a large (worked)

3. dilapidated* wood *shed near their Paris home (wooden).

4. It was here on* the* September night in 1902 (a)

5. they finally *invented* the radioactive element (discovered)

6. *who* they named radium. (which)

7. Radium *providing* the first effective treatment for many forms of cancer. (provided)