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7 th Unit: A-Reading: My Childhood - Para No: 38 from the List
Correct (22): Does the seagull not fly across the sun, alone and without a nest?
Explanation: After does, the verb must be in its base form.
• does … flies ❌
• does … fly ✔️
Correct (23): He quoted Khalil Gibran to my hesitant mother, "Your children are not your children."
Explanation: The preposition to is required after quoted to show whom he was speaking to.
• quoted … my hesitant mother ❌
• quoted … to my hesitant mother ✔️
Correct (24): They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself.
Explanation: The word itself correctly refers back to life (a non-living noun).
• for myself ❌
• for itself ✔️
Correct (25): They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
Explanation: The simple present come is used to express a universal truth.
• They coming ❌
• They come ✔️
Correct (26): For they have their own thoughts.
Explanation: The correct possessive phrase is their own.
• own their thoughts ❌
• their own thoughts ✔️
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