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    Angelica - TOEFL New Exercis #2 Error Recognition & Reading

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    The document contains 15 sentences with errors in brackets that need correction. The errors include incorrect words, unnecessary or missing words, and incorrect grammar. The key provides the corrections to the 15 errors by identifying the incorrect text in brackets and replacing or removing text as needed. The corrections are concise and directly address the errors identified in each sentence.

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    The document contains 15 sentences with errors in brackets that need correction. The errors include incorrect words, unnecessary or missing words, and incorrect grammar. The key provides the corrections to the 15 errors by identifying the incorrect text in brackets and replacing or removing text as needed. The corrections are concise and directly address the errors identified in each sentence.

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    Angelica - TOEFL New Exercis #2 Error Recognition & Reading

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    Usada Nousagi
    The document contains 15 sentences with errors in brackets that need correction. The errors include incorrect words, unnecessary or missing words, and incorrect grammar. The key provides the corrections to the 15 errors by identifying the incorrect text in brackets and replacing or removing text as needed. The corrections are concise and directly address the errors identified in each sentence.

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    Identify the error! Which phrase/word in brackets are incorrect? Give the correction.

    1. When caterpillars (are fully-grown), they attach themselves (to a leave or twig) and form
    a shell (around itself called) a cocoon.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    2. After (to have won) the light-heavyweight title (at the) 1960 Olympic Games,
    Muhammad Ali (began) to box (professionally).
    3. ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    Aluminium has a (hard imperious) coasting which protects the metal from (corrode).
    4. ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    Rocks can be broken apart by water (that) seeps into the cracks and (freeze) in
    low (temperatures).
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    5. After (learned) to print, (elementary) school (children) learn cursive )writing).
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    6. The professor was (considering postponing) the examination until (the following week)
    (because) the student's confusion
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    7. When he took (the) ticket out of (from his pocket), a hundred dollar bill fell (to) the
    floor (without) his noticing it.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________

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    8. Before television became (so popular), Americans used (to entertain each other) in the
    evening by playing games, (saying) stories, and singing songs.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    9. Grace Peter, (she) spent (her life) working with the health and welfare of the families of
    workers.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    10. (Knowledges) about (cultures) provides insights (into the learned) behaviors of (groups).
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    11. Ekaette Okon earned (the funds) to (go south) by (sale) his new ideas (about) growing
    potatoes.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    12. Although maple trees are (among) the most colorful varieties (in the fall), they
    lose (its) leaves (sooner than) oak trees.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    13. The basic (law) of addition, subtraction, multiplication and (division) are (taught) to all
    elementary (school) students.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________
    14. If Robert Kennedy (would have lived) (a little longer), he probably (would have won) the
    election.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________

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    15. In experiments with (large numbers) of animals crowded in small cages, some have not
    been affected, but (the rest of) (have shown all of the symptoms) associated with stress
    and mental illness.
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________________________

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    Answer key

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    1. Leave > leaf; itself > themselves
    2. Omit the phrase ‘to have’ change the word ‘won’ to winning’
    3. Corrode > corrosion
    4. Freeze . freezes
    5. Learned > learning
    6. Because > due to
    7. Omit the ‘from’
    8. Saying > telling
    9. Omit the ‘she’
    10. Knowledges > knowledge (because knowledge is uncountable noun)
    11. Sale > selling
    12. 1ts > theirs
    13. Law > laws
    14. Would have lived > had lived
    15. The rest of > the rest

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