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1 st Unit B-Reading: Every Success Story Is Also a Story of Great Failure - Para No: 5 from the List
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As a young cartoonist, Walt Disney faced many rejections from newspaper editors, who said he had no talent. (22) One day a minister at a church hired him to draw some cartoon. (23) Disney was work out of a small mouse infested shed near the church. (24) After seeing small mouse, he was inspired. (25) That was the start with Mickey Mouse. (26) Success people don’t do great things; they only do small things in a great way.
Write Your Answers
Write the corrected word or phrase for each numbered error (22–26). Submit your answers to receive marks, then review the explanations.
Correct (22): One day a minister at a church hired him to draw some cartoons.
Explanation: “Cartoons” is plural because the minister most likely wanted more than one drawing. Using the plural form matches the meaning and sounds natural in English.
Correct (23): Disney was working out of a small mouse-infested shed near the church.
Explanation: “Was working” is past continuous, showing an action that was ongoing in the past.
Correct (24): After seeing a small mouse.
Explanation: The article “a” is required before “small mouse” because “mouse” is a singular countable noun, and English grammar rules require an article in such cases.
Correct (25): That was the start of Mickey Mouse.
Explanation: “Of” is the correct preposition when referring to the origin of something.
Correct (26): Successful people don’t do great things; they only do small things in a great way.
Explanation: “Successful” is the adjective form needed to describe people.