5 questions · self-marked practice — reveal the answer and mark yourself.
| Error | Correction | |
| Q.1. Sue’s head had swelled alarmingly; | ||
| Q.2. she had two enormous black eyes, and now she showed us a dip cut | ||
| Q.3. on her arm. While I asked why she |
| Error | Correction |
| swelled | swollen |
| dip | deep |
| while | when |
| Error | Correction | |
| Q.1. On our second day Into Cape Town | ||
| Q.2. we began encountering strong gaies. | ||
| Q.3. For the first few weeks, they blew |
| Error | Correction |
| into | out of |
| encountering | to encounter |
| first | next |
| Error | Correction | |
| Q.1. Larry and Herb were pumping like madmen. Broken timbers hanged at crazy angles, | ||
| Q.2. the whole starboard side bulging inwards; | ||
| Q.3. cloths, crockery, charts, tins and toys |
| Error | Correction |
| hanged | hung |
| bulging | bulged |
| cloths | clothes |
| Error | Correction | |
| Q.1. At dawn on January 2, the waves were gigantic. we were sailed with only | ||
| Q.2. a small storm jib and were yet | ||
| Q.3. making eight knots. As the ship arose |
| Error | Correction |
| sailed | sailing |
| yet | still |
| arose | rose |
| Error | Correction | |
| Q.1. After found a hammer, screws and | ||
| Q.2. canvas, I struggled back on deck. From the starboard side bashed open, | ||
| Q.3. we were taken water with each wave |
| Error | Correction |
| found | finding |
| from | with |
| taken | taking |