English Class 7
Grammar

In the following passage one word is omitted in each line. Provide the missing word along with the word that comes before and one that comes after as given in the example against each blank number. Underline the word that you have provided.

Before Word After

A reporter interviewing a witness about e.g. reporter was interviewing

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) .............. .............. ..............

 

Answer:

BEFORE

ANSWER

AFTER

She

asked

him

taking

place

if

he

had

seen

that

he

had

very

high

speed

him

if

the

driving

in

his

not

At 

fault

Thus the correct paragraph is

A reporter was interviewing a witness about an accident. She asked him if he had seen the accident taking place . If he could tell her what he had seen. The witness replied  that he had seen a car coming at a  very high speed and hitting the scooter.  The reporter asked him if the scooterist  was driving in his lane. The witness said that he was not at fault.

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