The following passage has not been edited. There is one word omitted in each line. Write the missing word at the appropriate position.

 

Before          Omitted word          After

There is not much need proving to most schoolboys                  (1)_________        _______________        _________

that holidays are necessary. They welcome holiday                     (2)_________        _______________        _________

from school hilarious joy. What is needed more is                      (3)_________         _______________        _________

to try convince them of the necessity of work                             (4)_________         _______________        _________

study. Yet it may be desirable to show that regular                     (5)_________         _______________        _________

intervals of rest, recreation or a change occupation                    (6)_________         _______________        _________

are really necessary. Holidays proper intervals are                       (7)_________         _______________        _________

especially necessary young people and for those                        (8)_________         _______________         _________

engaged in hard mental work.

 

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Answers:

1. need–of–proving
2. welcome–a–holiday
3. school–with–hilarious
4. try–to–convince
5. work–and–study
6. change–of–occupation
7. holidays–at–proper
8. necessary–for–young