Question

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.

1. Plants derive their food both the earth
2. and the air. If you minutely look their
3. roots, you find that the ends of their
4. roots like fine fibers. We call them root-hours
5. they absorb water mineral and
6. transport upwards to the leaves through the
7. trunks and branches. It is the leaves prepare
8. the food. The leaves pores which are filled with air.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. Plants derive their food / both the earth

2. and the air. If you minutely look / their

3. roots, you / find that the ends of their

4. roots / like fine fibers. We call them root-hours

5. they absorb water / mineral and

6. transport / upwards to the leaves through the

7. trunks and branches. It is the leaves / prepare

8. the food. The leaves / pores which are filled with air.

1. from

2. at

3.will

4. are

5. and

6. them

7. that

8. have