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There is one error in each of the sentences below. The error is always in either part A, B, C or D. When you find the error, write the letter of the part it is in in the box at the start of the sentence. (Sentence 0 is done as an example.)

Questions 0-12.

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0. Benjamin Franklin, as well as being a diplomat, did research into electricity and he too worked
1. XX D
as a printer in his early career.

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1. If you wanting to come with me you had better hurry because I've got to be leaving in the next
1. D
minute or two .
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2. The Black Hills, where died General Custer in his last stand, are sacred to the Souix who
1. D
used to live there .
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3. Everybody of the house comes to help with the shopping on Saturday, except Brad, because he
1. D
has to do football practice .
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4. The world's first nuclear reactor was constructed in a squash court in an university in Chicago in
1.xxxxxx D
the nineteen forties.
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5. If I had known that Wendy didn't have a date for the prom, I would have asked her to come
1.x D
with myself.
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6. Before movies were made in Hollywood the principle focus of movie-making was on the East coast
1.x D
mainly around New York.
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7. Bison, which were once nearly extinct, are a comeback - for which credit goes to ranchers
1.x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxD
and conservationists working together.
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8. While most of people may believe that they eat very little soya, it is in fact a major food additive.
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9. Our schedule consists of three hours of history lectures, followed by the afternoon in the
1.x D
football's stadium.
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10. The Minotaur was among the very first examples for a modern armoured battleship,
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and it saw action in the American civil war.
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11. Now don't forget that on Monday you fly to Denver and from here you have to go on to Houston.
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12. Although popular, it must be said that football is secondary to baseball in the minds of most
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American sportive fans.

 

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