46. Newspaper misprints TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

46. Newspaper misprints

Underline and correct the misprints in these newspaper extracts. 1 According to a recent survey, 49% of houses in the country are not adequately insulted. _____insulated___ 2 Customs officers were accepting brides in exchange for co-operation with the drug smugglers. _______________ 3 Satan wedding dress, white and pink, beautiful, size 14: for sale £250 o.n.o. _______________ 4 The conference was attended by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and other groups interested in conversation. _______________ 5 The judge said she was giving a severe sentence which act as a detergent to other tempted by computer fraud. _______________ 6 Window, youthful 48, seeks professional man for friendship/romance. _______________ 7 The choir of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Liverpool, sins regulary at festivals around the country. _______________ 8 The Almahari, an Egyptian restaurant in Knightsbride, serves exquisite deserts. _______________ 9 The company is finding it increasingly hard to get killed software engineers. _______________ 10 Mr Pertini, now in hospital with a back injury, said ‘I was just moving the laws- something I’ve done may times before.’ _______________ 11 The party on board the yacht had to be called off owing to the gale-force winds. Guests of up to 80mph were recorded in the area. _______________ 12 The London restaurant guide has 128 pages ofuseful information, gathered from various sauces. _______________ 13 Among other exotic pets, Mrs Lavender has a carrot that talks. _______________ 14 Ms Francis, writer of several bestselling novels, lives on the third story of a block of flats in Edinburgh. _______________ 15 The Atomic Energy Authority has been criticized for its management of unclear waste.

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