Friday, 27 March 2020

42. Newspaper misprints TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 4


TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 4
42. Newspaper misprints

Circle and correct the misprints in these extracts from newspapers.

1
The Old Ship pub is only about 50 years (yards) from the new dance club.
2
The phone box was vandalized twice in two days. The police were old, but they took no action.
3
A man in his forties with a black bear was seen walking away from the scene of the crime.
4
As the ozone layer is destroyed, the danger is that more ultra-violent light will reach the Earth.
5
For sale; a collection of second-hand boots. Good condition. Includes a lot of Austen, Dickens, Hardy, George Eliot, etc.
6
First floor flat. Spacious living room with large south-facing widow.
7
BRIDGE COLLAPSES IN ALASKA. Cars and trucks fell 30 metres into the nice-cold water of the river below.
8
Star Wars producer George Lucas was due to arrive in Hollywood for the ceremony, but his planet was late.
9
Quite a large crowd gathered in the street outside the palace, hoping to see the Prints of Wales.
10
Owen scored beautiful goats against Manchester United last night.
11
There was a running bottle between police and protestors.
12
The race was won by a strong two-year-old house called Lady Luck.

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