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 lady golfer has taken out three gentlemen golfers

02. to court. The three men from Richmond, London, who had taken the job

03. of choosing a golf professional for a golf course, said that they had not been shown

04. any sex discrimination. Miss Sally Richards, a successful golfer,

05. has won important tournaments. She has written The Complete Woman Golfer. She said

06. she was kept out off the final list for the job although she was better qualified

07. than anyone else. She has taken them to the court under the Sex Discrimination Act.

08. She says that questions she was asked at an interview discriminated against her

09. because of she was a woman. Mr Harry Chapman,

10. one of the three members of the golf committee, said he had suggested to

11. the name of Miss Richards. None of them said he had of given any thought to the Sex Discrimination Act.

01. out

02. taken

03. been

06. out

07. the

09. of

10. to

11. of

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