The following passage has not been edited. There is one word missing in each of the lines. Provide the correct word for each omission:

 

Before          Omitted word           After

Anubhav was celebrating his birthday. He had number                   (1)_________       _______________         _________

of gift packets dumped around. Shankar Uncle given                      (2)_________       _______________         _________

him a shining new bicycle. Several other gifts had come friends      (3)_________       _______________         _________

and relatives. He was happy everything that he had. But his            (4)_________        _______________        _________

Reeta Aunty had not a Titan watch which she had                           (5)__________        _______________        _________

promised. He was very sour about it he had already told                (6)__________        _______________        _________

some his friends about it and specially Sudhir. He                           (7)__________        _______________        _________

didn’t know to face his friends the next day.                                    (8)__________        _______________        _________

 

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Answers:

1. had–a–number
2. uncle–had–given
3. come–from–friends
4. happy–with–everything
5. not–given–a
6. it–because–he
7. some–of–his
8. know–how–to