Question

9
Read the text below. In some of the lines there is a word
which should not be there. Tick () the correct lines. If a line
has a word which should not be there, circle the word.
Our yacht sank after hitting a whale!
1 My wife and I were used to dream of sailing
2 around the world for years. Finally last year ✓
3 we had been saved enough money to buy a
4 yacht and we set out on our dream voyage.
5 One day we were sailing from the Jamaica
6 to Puerto Rico when suddenly something
7 massive has hit the boat. It was a whale!
8 The boat started filling with water very quickly.
9 For a moment I felt myself scared, but my wife
10 was a very calm. She took the 'emergency bag'
11 who we always kept ready and we got into a life
12 raft. Soon we were rescued by another yacht.
13 Back home, a reporter asked us what did we
14 planned to do now. I told to him we were hoping
15 to buy another boat soon!
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Answer 1

My wife and I used to dream of sailing

2 around the world for years. Finally last year ✓

3 we had saved enough money to buy a

4 yacht and we set out on our dream voyage.✓

5 One day we were sailing from Jamaica

6 to Puerto Rico when suddenly something✓

7 massive hit the boat. It was a whale!

8 The boat started filling with water very quickly.✓

9 For a moment I felt scared, but my wife

10 was a very calm. She took the 'emergency bag'✓

11 we always kept ready and we got into a life

12 raft. Soon we were rescued by another yacht.✓

13 Back home, a reporter asked us what did we✓

14 planned to do now. I told him we were hoping

15 to buy another boat soon!✓