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:
- to—for
- which—what
- conceal—conceals
- reveal—reveals
- knows—know
- knew—know
- (ignorant) to—of
- remain—remains
- (ignorant) to—of
