Brave Bird English · Class 10

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6 th Unit: C-Reading: A Tale of Three Villages Para - Para No: 34 from the List

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Mr. Sunday Nana stopped, frowning, a troubled look on his face. "In the last five years, 13 people have died in this village, my own elder brother is one of them. (22) They have been on pain, terrible pain. We have never seen deaths like that before (23) Lot of our children are sick. (24) We have asked the Government to take away the drums, but they do nothing (25) We have written to Italy, and they do nothing. The Chief says we should move our houses to another place. But we have no money to buy land. We have no choice. We have to stay here. (26) "And they"..... pointing to mountain of death in the clearing "are our neighbours." (Practice Paper 2022-23)

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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): They have been in pain, terrible pain.
Explanation: We use the preposition in with the word “pain.”
on pain ❌ (wrong preposition)
in pain ✔ (correct expression)

Correct (23): Lots of our children are sick.
Explanation: We use “lots of” to talk about a large number of people or things.
Lot of ❌ (incorrect)
Lots of ✔ (correct)

Correct (24): … asked the Government to take the drums away…
Explanation: The natural word order is “take + object + away.” In formal writing, “take the drums away” is clearer and fits the meaning better than “take away the drums.”

Correct (25): We have written to Italy, but they do nothing.
Explanation: “But” shows contrast between two ideas (we contacted them, but they still did nothing). Replacing “and” with “but” gives the correct meaning.

Correct (26): “And they,” pointing to mountain of death in the clearing the , “are our neighbours.”
Explanation: The descriptive phrase adds extra information, so it must be separated with commas. The noun “mountain” needs the article “the” to make the meaning clear.