Class 9 Editing And Omission Page 2
Class 9 Editing And Omission Page 2
PRACTICE EXERCISE OF OMISSION
In the passages given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing Word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done as an example.
1.
Corporate initiatives in field of e.g. in the field
education increasing. The effort (a) _______ _______ _______
is not only understand the issue (b) _______ _______ _______
of the local population but in use (c) _______ _______ _______
of education as tool to address such (d) _______ _______ _______
issues. Such efforts have provided the
neglected sections society with (e) _______ _______ _______
opportunities grow. There are about (f) _______ _______ _______
200 million children today between the ages of
6 and 14 years don’t complete the (g) _______ _______ _______
basic eight years elementary education. (h) _______ _______ _______
2.
A major earthquake measuring 6.8 on the
Richter scale hit Sikkim-Nepal border (a) _______ _______ _______
at 6.10 p.m. on September 18, 2011, killing least (b) _______ _______ _______
18 people on both sides the border. The (c) _______ _______ _______
death toll is likely rise. The quake (d) _______ _______ _______
rattled Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar. It was (e) _______ _______ _______
felt as far away Delhi and Rajasthan. (f) _______ _______ _______
People in NCR rushed of buildings (g) _______ _______ _______
after feeling tremors. (h) _______ _______ _______
3.
Dr Loop, the father of modern bypass
surgery was not only expert surgeon, (a) _______ _______ _______
but an administrator par excellence. (b) _______ _______ _______
It is rare find someone who combines (c) _______ _______ _______
the two as well Dr Loop did. He (d) _______ _______ _______
practised cardiothoracic surgery thirty (e) _______ _______ _______
years, headed the Department of Surgery at (f) _______ _______ _______
the Cleveland Clinic 1975 to 1989 (g) _______ _______ _______
and turned around fortunes of this hospital. (h) _______ _______ _______
4.
A reporter was interviewing a witness about
an accident, She him if he had seen (a) _______ _______ _______
the accident taking. If he could tell (b) _______ _______ _______
her what he seen. The witness replied (c) _______ _______ _______
that had seen a car coming at a (d) _______ _______ _______
very speed and hitting the scooter. (e) _______ _______ _______
The reporter asked him the scooterist (f) _______ _______ _______
was driving his lane. The witness (g) _______ _______ _______
said that he was not fault. (h) _______ _______ _______
5.
Vegetarianism promotes natural way of life. (a) _______ _______ _______
But despite implicit message of universal love (b) _______ _______ _______
and non-violence, it has not spread, it should have. (c) _______ _______ _______
This be because it usually is an inward-looking habit. (d) _______ _______ _______
6.
Living on earth is rather like (a) _______ _______ _______
being the bottom of a sea, hundreds of miles deep. (b) _______ _______ _______
Without the atmosphere there would no people
or animals, (c) _______ _______ _______
birds or fishes, trees, or plants. There would be no
weather, winds rain. (d) _______ _______ _______
7.
Already professional education in India proved (a) _______ _______ _______
accessible affordable for foreign students, (b) _______ _______ _______
especially Malaysia, the Middle East and
South Africa. (c) _______ _______ _______
In these countries, higher education training
facilities limited. (d) _______ _______ _______
8.
Sleep also help our brain to store (a) _______ _______ _______
a newly learned activity its memory (b) _______ _______ _______
bank. In study in Canada, students (c) _______ _______ _______
deprived sleep after learning complex logic games, (d) _______ _______ _______
showed a 30 per cent learning deficit when tested
a week later compared with students not deprived of sleep.
ANSWER-SHEET
1.
(a) education are increasing
(b) killing at least
(c) in the use
(d) as a tool
(e) sections of society
(f) opportunities to grow
(g) years who don’t
(h) years of elementary
2.
(a) hit the Sikkim
(b) only to understand
(c) sides of the
(d) likely to rise
(e) Jharkhand and Bihar
(f) away as Delhi
(g) rushed out of
(h) feeling the tremors
3.
(a) only an expert
(b) but also an
(c) rare to find
(d) well as Dr
(e) surgery for thirty
(f) years, and headed
(g) clinic from 1975
(h) around the fortunes
4.
(a) She asked him
(b) taking place. If
(c) he had seen
(d) that he had
(e) very high speed
(f) him if the
(g) driving in his
(h) not at fault
5.
(a) promotes a natural
(b) despite its implicit
(c) spread, as it
(d) This may, be
6.
(a) on the earth
(b) being at the
(c) would be no
(d) winds or rain
7.
(a) India has proved
(b) accessible and affordable
(c) especially from Malaysia
(d) facilities are limited
8.
(a) sleep may also
(b) activity in its
(c) In a study
(d) deprived of sleep