Question

The following passage one word has been omitted, indicate omission by a / and supply the

omitted word in the space provided.

First language, also known mother tongue, is generally a) ……………………………..

the language a person learns first. However, can have b) ………………………………

two or more native languages being a native bilingual c) ……………………………..

or indeed multilingual. The order in which language d) …………………………….

are learned is not necessarily order of proficiency. e) ……………………………..

Lacking first language skills often make learning other f) ………………………………

languages difficult. Often a child learns basics of his or g) ……………………………..

her first language or languages his or her family. h) ……………………………​

Answer 1

The correct passage after omissions are -

• First language, also known as mother tongue, is generally the language a person learns first.
• However, one can have two or more native languages thus being a native bilingual or indeed multilingual.
• The order in which these languages are learned is not necessarily the order of proficiency.
• Lacking in first language skills often make learning other languages difficult.
• Often a child learns the basics of his or her first language or languages from his or her family.

Answer 2

a). known as mother tongue

b). one can have

c). being either a native bilingual

d). which these languages

e). the order of proficiency

f). Lacking the first language

g). the basics

h). from his or her family.

Explanation:

• Omission implies 'neglecting or omitting certain elements from the sentence' which makes it grammatically incorrect.
• The elements that are left out could be a punctuation mark, preposition, articles, pronoun, adverb, etc.
• This exercise helps the students to find out the elements that are left out that helps improve their grammatical skills.
• The first, third, and last sentences have omitted the necessary prepositions 'as', 'either', and 'from' to link the noun to the other elements of the sentence.
• The second and fourth misses the pronouns 'one' and 'these' as it denotes a universal noun in the former and plural(languages) in the latter.
• The other sentences omit the article 'the' which helps in modifying the noun.

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