The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Pick out the incorrect ones and provide the correct replacement for each.

 

Incorrect word                   Correct word

It would be impossible to us to continue living                        (1)________________                 _______________

in this world if each of us knew exactly which fate                   (2)________________                 ________________

had in store for us. So God conceal the future                         (3)________________                 ________________

from all his creatures and reveal only the present.                   (4)________________                 ________________

He hides from the animals what men knows, and                    (5)________________                 ________________

He hides from men what the angels knew. A lamb,                  (6)________________                 ________________

destined to be killed for human food but ignorant to              (7)________________                 ________________

its fate, remain happy to the last minute of its short                (8)________________                  ________________

life. What a blessing it is that we are ignorant to the               (9)_________________                 ________________

future.

 

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Answers:

1. to—for
2. which—what
3. conceal—conceals
4. reveal—reveals
5. knows—know
6. knew—know
7. (ignorant) to—of
8. remain—remains
9. (ignorant) to—of