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6 th Unit: C-Reading: A Tale of Three Villages - Para No: 35 from the List
Correct (22): … picked up handfuls of it and threw it…
Explanation: After “picked up,” the next action must also be in past tense.
• throw ❌ (present tense)
• threw ✔ (past tense)
Correct (23): … wash down our houses and roads…
Explanation: We use “wash down” when we clean something by pouring or spraying water over it.
• wash up ❌ (means washing dishes or washing oneself)
• wash down ✔ (correct meaning for cleaning surfaces)
Correct (24): A week later the children began to vomit.
Explanation: The sentence is in past tense, so the verb must also be in past form.
• beginning ❌ (present continuous)
• began ✔ (simple past)
Correct (25): Their hair fell out.
Explanation: We use “fall out” to talk about hair becoming loose and dropping from the body.
• fell in ❌ (incorrect meaning)
• fell out ✔ (correct phrasal verb for losing hair)
Correct (26): … sores appeared all over their little bodies.
Explanation: We say “all over” when something is spread across the entire body.
• against ❌ (wrong preposition)
• all over ✔ (correct meaning)
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