For a wrong word,
underline the wrong word and write the correct one’ in the
blank provided at the end of the
line. For a missing word,
mark the position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and
write the word you believe to be missing in
the blank
provided at the end of
the line. For an unnecessary word,
cross the unnecessary word with a slash "—" and put the word
in the blank provided at the end of the
line.
Mr. Bascomb was upset. At times like this he wished he had
never become a candidate for mayor. Everything had gone wrongly that morning.
(1) ______ Even though before leaving the
house, he had received a telephone call from (2)
______ his election campaign manager asking money. This made him angry and he
(3) ______ left the house in bad
mood. When Mr. Bascomb arrived at the office, he could (4)
______ feel his head swinging. He reached out the medicine but the bottle was
(5) ______ empty. He had forgotten
picking up some medicine at the drug store. Mr.
(6) ______ Bascomb looked at his watch. He Was to deliver a campaign
speech before a group of businessmen at the club at 11 o’clock. He had given
a rough draft of his speech to Barbara a day before and asked her to type it
out for him. Just (7) ______ then, the telephone rang. It was
Barbara. She explained that her car had broken up and she couldn’t be at work
until 12 o’ clock. Mr. Bascomb was (8)
______ desperate. He didn’t know how to do. He was very nervous when he
arrived (9) ______ at the club. He couldn’t
remember anything he had planned to say to his audience. He started talking
about himself and his problems regardless of (10)
______ talking about the problems of the city. Most of the people in the
audience were bored. By the time Mr. Bascomb finished his speech, almost
everyone had fallen into sleep or left the room.