Review : Error Identification 2

Tom (a) had wait for more than a year (b) on the heart donor register, before (c) a perfect match (d) was found.

• had wait

• on the heart donor register

• a perfect match

• was found

A crew of (a) international astronaut (b) have completed (c) their training (d) ahead of next month’s mission to Mars.

• international astronaut

• have completed

• their training

• ahead of

(a) Drink too much alcohol makes people (b) less alert but more uninhibited, (c) leading to behavior they (d) often regret later.

• Drink

• less alert

• leading

• often regret

The (a) engineering in charge of the (b) design of a scientific tool works in (c) close partnership (d) with the scientist and the technician.

• engineering

• design

• close

• with

The government’s (a) refuse to accept the result of the election (b) prompted thousands of people (c) to come out on to the streets (d) and protest.

• refuse

• prompted

• to come out

• and protest

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (a) has recently announced that he (b) and his wife (c) will give back 99% of their Facebook (d) shares to a new charity.

• has recently announced

• and his wife

• will give back

• shares to a new charity

(a) Since centuries, people (b) have hoped to find the ‘fountain of youth’, magical water (c) that makes them (d) stay healthy and young for a very long time.

• Since

• have hoped

• that

• stay healthy

Children today have a (a) great chance of (b) growing up in a family (c) split by divorce than in any other (d) period in American history.

• great chance

• growing up

• split

• period

Thailand (a) is known as ‘the Land of Smile’, but (b) little people know (c) the name (d) actually means ‘the Land of Free’.

• is known

• little people

• the name

• actually means

The (a) severely injured people (b) taking to hospital by air-ambulance (c) while the less (d) serious cases will be transported by ambulance.

• severely

• taking

• while

• serious