O-Net 2021

Error Correction (Item 16-25)
Directions: In each short passage below, five mistakes are underlined.
                  Choose the best correction foe each mistake.

(Item 16-20)

The kiwi can only be found in New Zealand. People seldom see this
bird  so it usually runs away when someone comes near. They lived in
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thick swampy forests, hides while the day time in burrows or under thick
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vegetation, and only comes out at night. The kiwi is about size of
chicken, It is not tail, and its wings are tiny and useless. It has nostrils
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at the tip of the bill.

1. though
2. besides
3. because
4. sothat
5. yet

Answer: 3. because

1. They are living
2.They have lived
3. It is living
4. It lives
5.  It has lived

Answer: 4. It lives

1. during the
2. when in
3. while in the
4. on the
5. during

Answer: 1. during the

1. size of the chickens
2. a size of chicken
3. sizes of chickens
4. the size of a chicken
5. a size of the chicken

Answer: 4. the size of a chicken

1. has no tail
2. is not tails
3. has any tails
4. is not a tail
5. has some tail

Answer: 1. has no tail