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1 st Unit-B:Reading - Every Success Story Is Also a Story of Great Failure - Para No: 4 from the List
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Setbacks are inevitable in life. (22) A setback can act as a driving force but also teach us humility. (23) In grief you will found courage and faith to overcome the setback. (24) We need to learnt to become victors, not victims. (25) Ask yourself after every setback: What I did learn from this experience? (26) Only then you will be able to turn a stumbling block into a step stone.
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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.
Correct (22): A setback can act as a driving force and teach us humility.
Explanation: And is the correct conjunction because it joins two positive ideas: act as a driving force and teach us humility.
Correct (23): In grief you will find courage and faith to overcome the setback.
Explanation: Find is the correct verb because it follows the modal verb will. After a modal verb, we always use the base form of the verb.
Correct (24): We need to learn to become victors, not victims.
Explanation: Learn is the correct verb because it follows to. After to, we use the base form of the verb.
Correct (25): Ask yourself… What did I learn from this experience?
Explanation: In English questions, the auxiliary verb did comes before the subject, and the main verb remains in its base form: What did I learn...?
Correct (26): Only then you will be able to turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone.
Explanation: Stepping stone is the correct expression for something that helps you make progress or move forward.