Error Correction Exercises: Cambridge FCE with Answers

Some of the lines in this exercise are correct; others have a word which should not be there. Which lines are correct? Which are wrong, and what is the unnecessary word.

01. A policewoman can often get a confession out from a suspect

02. by giving to him tea and sympathy. If a suspect is a young person of 16 or 17,

03. she can act be as a mother. In fact, policewomen make regular patrols

04. of night spots and discotheques looking there for young people

05. who have run away from home. But they are also employed for more dangerous work.

06. A big-time gambler called as Russian Robbie was shot dead

07. and robbed of many several thousand pounds. To help

08. find the killers, a policewoman disguised up herself. She had a description

09. of one of the wanted men, and knew he was called Joe. She went on

10. from the door to door in a rough slum area. She said Joe had left her with a baby,

11. was her boy-friend, and she was trying to find him.

12. A lot of dear old ladies told her she should have lead a better life.

13. But she did find the flat at where the men were hiding. They were arrested.

01. out

02. to

03. be

04. there

06. as

07. many

08. up

09. on

10. the

12. have

13. at

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