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. At the other end of the country, the same thing has been happening

02. to thousands of the blue-collar workers. Most of them start off angry.

03. After six months, when they calm down

04. as the dole becomes routine. The next stage is “couldn’t care less”.

05. It gets more worse as the years roll by. They believe

06. they are failures, and there is no much point to anything. But,

07. unlike the thirties, there are no any physical hardships.

08. The dole keeps everyone alive, just. One said:

09. ”I don’t think the money they give you does let you live. All it lets you do is to linger.”

10. These emotional and mental hardships can be so far worse

11. than the physical. In every one dole queue there are young long-haired types,

12. all on the dole themselves, giving out leaflets, trying to stir up

13. enthusiasm for a demonstration. But no one is any interested in demonstrating.

02 .the

03. when

04. more

06. much

07. no

09. to

10. so

11. one

13. any

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