Brave Bird English · Class 10

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6 th Unit: A-Reading: Environment - Para No: 31 from the List

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From the time we started, we were trying to respond to the basic needs of people in the rural areas; and (22) people were ask for clean drinking water, for food, for energy (which is mostly firewood), for building material, for fodder for the animals. (23) And all these come to the land. (24) So we knew that what the people in the rural areas were asking for had to done with the environment. (25) They do not have those things because the environment was degraded. (26) So, from the very beginning we understood that we have to rehabilitation the environment.

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Write the corrected word or phrase for each numbered error (22–26). Submit your answers to receive marks, then review the explanations.

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Correct (22): people were asked for clean drinking water…
Explanation: After “were,” we must use the past participle form of the verb.
ask ❌ (base form)
asked ✔ (past participle)

Correct (23): And all these come from the land.
Explanation: We use “from” to show the source of something. Everything—water, food, wood—comes from the land, not to the land.

Correct (24): … had to do with the environment.
Explanation: The phrase “had to do with” means “was related to.” “Had to done” is wrong because “done” needs “have/has/had been” before it.

Correct (25): They did not have those things…
Explanation: The sentence is in past tense, so we must use “did not,” not “do not.”
do not ❌ (present tense)
did not ✔ (past tense)

Correct (26): … we have to rehabilitate the environment.
Explanation: The correct verb is “rehabilitate,” meaning to restore or repair.
rehabilitation ❌ (noun)
rehabilitate ✔ (verb needed here)