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:
- in—of
- the—a (strange)
- hanged—hanging
- it’s—its
- A—The
- put—puts
- them—it
- of—from
- put—puts
- with—as
