Omission Exercises for Class 7

Omission Exercises with Answers

Q. In the following passage one word is omitted in each line. Provide the missing word along with the word that comes before and one that comes after.

A reporter was interviewing a witness about
an accident. She him if he had seen (1) ______________ ______________ ______________
the accident taking. If he could tell (2) ______________ ______________ ______________
her what he seen. The witness replied (3) ______________ ______________ ______________
that had seen a car coming at a (4) ______________ ______________ ______________
very speed and hitting the scooter. (5) ______________ ______________ ______________
The reporter asked him the scooterist (6) ______________ ______________ ______________
was driving his lane. The witness (7) ______________ ______________ ______________
said that he was not fault (8) ______________ ______________ ______________

Answer
(Before Missing After)

1. she asked him
2. taking place. If
3. he had seen
4. that he had
5. very high speed
6. him if the
7. driving in his
8. not at fault

Q. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it.

Celebrities don’t have the privacy that an
ordinary person. The most personal (1) ______________ ______________ ______________
details of their lives splashed on the (2) ______________ ______________ ______________
front pages leading dailies. Media (3) ______________ ______________ ______________
follows them wherever they. When (4) ______________ ______________ ______________
they try to things that normal people do, (5) ______________ ______________ ______________
like eating out or watching football game, they (6) ______________ ______________ ______________
run the risk of being interrupted thoughtless (7) ______________ ______________ ______________
autograph hounds aggressive fans. (8) ______________ ______________ ______________

Answer
(Before Missing After)

1. person has. The
2. lives are splashed
3. pages of leading
4. they go. When
5. to do things
6. watching a football
7. interrupted by thoughtless
8. hounds or aggressive

Q. In the following passage one word is missing in each line. Supply the missing word and write it against the correct blank number along with the word before it and the one after it.

Accidents on roads be prevented (1) ______________ ______________ ______________
provided quality of roads is improved (2) ______________ ______________ ______________
and the drivers instructed in (3) ______________ ______________ ______________
safety rules which must follow for (4) ______________ ______________ ______________
their own protection. It also necessary (5) ______________ ______________ ______________
that the illuminations the roads (6) ______________ ______________ ______________
is adequate as to (7) ______________ ______________ ______________ .
prevent accidents night. (8) ______________ ______________ ______________

Answer
Before Missing After)

1. roads can be
2. provided the quality
3. drivers are instructed
4. which they must
5. It is also
6. illuminations on the
7. adequate so as
8. accidents at night

Q. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it.

Dr. Loop, the father of modern bypass
surgery was not only expert surgeon, (1) ______________ ______________ ______________
but an administrator par excellence. (2) ______________ ______________ ______________
It is rare find someone who combines (3) ______________ ______________ ______________
the two as well Dr. Loop did. He (4) ______________ ______________ ______________
practised cardiothoracic surgery thirty (5) ______________ ______________ ______________
years headed the Department of Surgery at (6) ______________ ______________ ______________
the Cleveland Clinic 1975 to 1989 (7) ______________ ______________ ______________
and turned around fortunes of this (8) ______________ ______________ ______________
hospital.

Answer
(Before Missing After)

1. only an expert
2. but also an
3. rare to find
4. well as Dr.
5. surgery for thirty
6. years and headed
7. clinic from 1975
8. around the fortunes

Q. In the following paragraph, one word has been omitted from each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it.

Walking is very beneficial to us.
We should get up early the morning (1) ______________ ______________ ______________
and go for a walk. Those are (2) ______________ ______________ ______________
used to for morning walks, will find it (3) ______________ ______________ ______________
impossible to remain bed in the (4) ______________ ______________ ______________
morning. For them it not much (5) ______________ ______________ ______________
an exercise but pleasure. It been (6) ______________ ______________ ______________
observed that more more Indians are (7) ______________ ______________ ______________
becoming health conscious and be seen (8) ______________ ______________ ______________
on the roads in the morning.

Answer
Before Missing After)

1. early in the
2. those who are
3. to going for
4. remain in bed
5. it is not
6. It has been
7. more and more
8. and can be