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

 

Incorrect word                 Correct word

The elephant is the largest in all animals living,                             (1)_________________               ________________

and the strongest. It is the strange looking animal                        (2)_________________               ________________

with thick legs, huge sides and back, large hanged                       (3)_________________               ________________

ears, small tail, white tusks and, above all, it’s long                       (4)_________________                ________________

nose called the trunk. A trunk is the elephant’s                             (5)_________________               ________________

peculiar feature, and it put it to various uses. It                             (6)_________________               ________________

draws up water by its trunk and can squirt them                           (7)_________________               ________________

over its body like a shower bath. It also picks leaves of                 (8)_________________               ________________

the trees using its trunk, and put them into its mouth.                  (9)_________________               ________________

In fact, its trunk serves the elephant with a long                          (10)_________________               ________________

arm and hand.

 

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Answers:

1. in—of
2. the—a (strange)
3. hanged—hanging
4. it’s—its
5. A—The
6. put—puts
7. them—it
8. of—from
9. put—puts
10. with—as