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8 th Unit: A-Reading: Jamaican Fragment - Para No: 44 from the List

Both were dressed in blue shirts and khaki pants. (22) They wore no shoes and their feet are muddy. (23) They were not conscious my standing there, watching them, they played on. (24) The game, if it could be call a game, was not elaborate. (25) little boy strode imperiously up and down, and every now and then shouted imperiously at his bigger playmate. (26) The little brown boy shuffled along quiet behind him and did what he was told.

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Correct (22): They wore no shoes and their feet were muddy.
Explanation: The sentence describes two past actions (wore / were). The verb are is present tense and incorrect here.
• feet are muddy ❌
• feet were muddy ✔️

Correct (23): They were not conscious of my standing there, watching them; they played on.
Explanation: After the adjective conscious, the correct preposition is of.
• conscious my standing ❌
• conscious of my standing ✔️

Correct (24): The game, if it could be called a game, was not elaborate.
Explanation: After could be, we must use the past participle form of the verb.
• could be call ❌
• could be called ✔️

Correct (25): The little boy strode imperiously up and down, and every now and then shouted imperiously at his bigger playmate.
Explanation: The article the is needed to specify the noun.
• little boy strode ❌
• The little boy strode ✔️

Correct (26): The little brown boy shuffled along quietly behind him and did what he was told.
Explanation: Quiet is an adjective; here we need the adverb quietly to describe how he shuffled.
• shuffled … quiet ❌ (adjective)
• shuffled … quietly ✔️ (adverb)

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