Directions ( 1-5 ) : In the following questions, all of the sentences have errors. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer.
1. Hussein and Hammadi is hoped that the U.S.S.R. would help save Iraq from the West’s barrage.
Hussein and Hammadi
is hoped that the U.S.S.R.
would help save
Iraq from the West’s barrage.
Solution:
( remove 'is'. wrong usage of verb)
2.He was hold back by the U.S.S.R. and by popular liberation struggles in Africa and Latin America.
He was hold back
by the U.S.S.R. and by popular
liberation struggles in Africa
and Latin America.
Solution:
(use 'past tense form 'held')
3.George H.W. Bush successor Bill Clinton gave the idea of intervention its liberal patina.
George H.W. Bush successor
Bill Clinton gave
the idea of intervention
its liberal patina.
Solution:
(use 'George H.W. Bush's successor', wrong usage of apostrophe)
4.If the West decided that a conflict demanded intervention, then the full force of Western power would be brought to bear on those which the West determined to be the “bad guys”.
If the West decided that a conflict demanded intervention,
then the full force of Western power
would be brought to bear on those which
the West determined to be the “bad guys”.
Solution:
(use 'whom' in place of 'which')
5.In other words, it was acceptable to allow half-a-millions Iraqi children to die in order to maintain the strangulation of Iraq.
In other words, it was acceptable
to allow half-a-millions Iraqi children
to die in order to
maintain the strangulation of Iraq.
Solution:
( use'half-a-million)
Directions (6-10):In these questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternative.
6.U.S. President George W. Bush used the language of civilian ----- in 2003 to conduct a war of aggression against Iraq.
protection
defence
security
war
Solution:
('Protection' is correct word in this context)
7.They turned to the United Nations, which ------ by its subordination to Western interests in the 1990s.
was being battered
is being battered
had been battered
could have been battered
Solution:
(use 'past perfect continuous 'tense; 'had been battered')
8.The atmosphere for a critique of the West, ------ the catastrophe in Iraq, did not exist.
but
where as
as well as
despite
Solution:
('despite' is appropriate word. it shows contradiction in statements)
9.The APB sought to drive the narrative of what would count as an atrocity and when the West should intervene ----- the U.N.’s blessings.
to
with
at
of
Solution:
('with' is correct preposition here. "intervene with")
10.This new doctrine asked that sovereign states respect the human rights of -----citizens.
his
its
their
there
Solution:
('their' is correct plural pronoun)
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