O-Net 2020

Error Correction (Items26-35)
Directions: In each short passage below, five mistakes are underlined.
                  Choose the best correction for each mistake.

(Items26-30)

The ostrich is probably the best known among those birds that
cannot fly .They are being the largest living bird, and the only bird
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that is ever having two toes on each foot. It used its great speed and
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exceptional eyesight by helping it escape from its enemies. Its long
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leg scarry it in giant strides of above five meters at speeding up to
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sixty kilometers per hour.

1. There were
2. It is
3. It has been
4. They were
5. It was

Answer: 2. It is

1. that has
2. which wil lnot have
3. that should have
4. which must have
5. that would not have

Answer: 1. that has

1. is using
2. will be using
3. uses
4. has used
5. was using

Answer: 3. uses

1. helps
2. to help
3. helping
4. helped
5. to be helping

Answer: 2. to help

1. their speed
2.its speeding
3. speeds
4. a speeding
5. some speed

Answer: 3. speeds