The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Find the incorrect word and provide the correct replacement for it:

Incorrect word                      Correct word

Provide we choose the right kind of books,                             1) ________________                    _______________

reading give the highest kind of pleasure.                               2) ________________                     _______________

Some books like novels are read simply to                              3)________________                     _______________

pleasure and amusement. Since novels and                             4)________________                     _______________

books for imagination must have a place in                             5)________________                     _______________

everybody reading. When we are tired or                                 6) ________________                     _______________

the brain is weary it be healthy                                                 7)________________                     _______________

recreation to loose ourselves in some                                       8)________________                     _______________

absorbing story written by a master hand.

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Answers:

1. Provide—Provided
2. give—gives
3. to—for
4. Since—And
5. for—of
6. everybody—everybody’s
7. be—is
8. loose—lose