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. It takes a long time to fly from Sydney, Australia, to London, England.

02. By the time he arrived in London, Mr Henry Chancer had drunk so many lagers

03. and many double whiskies. He met by Mr and Mrs Jones,

04. Mr Chancer was happy to meet them. He returned to Mr Jones’s firm handshake.

05. They led him to their car. And then Mr Chancer fell off asleep.

06. He woke to find himself about 200 miles north of London,

07. on the way to Newcastle. His events became confused. Mrs Jones said:

08. “My brother, Henry, went to Australia since 15 years ago. This man

09. looked like my Henry, he walked like him, and he talked like him. But I am afraid

10. he was not my brother, He was the someone else.” Mr Jones said:

11. “We stopped half our way from London to Newcastle for a cup of tea

12. by the roadside. Anyway, we were in the middle of drinking up our tea

13. when he woke up then. He hit me in the face. He jumped out of the car

14. and ran away across the fields. He kept on shouting.

15. He shouted, ‘Take my money but spare my life.’”

02. so

03. he

04. to

05. off

07. his

08. since

10. the

11. our

12. up

13. then

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