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Introduction
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The Universe
- How many errors ?
- What needs correcting (1) ?
- What needs correcting (2) ?
- What needs correcting (3)?
- What needs correcting (4)?
- Correct the mistakes level 1 (Easy).
- Correct the mistakes level 2 (More difficult)
- Conclusion
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Correct the mistakes level 1 (Easy).

Now decide what the student should have written: choose the correct form from the three items given. Note your choice on a piece of paper (this exercise is not interactive). The parts of the sentence that need correcting are in red. Only one item per segment is correct.

Question

The universe (1) is a mystery (2) since (3) a lot of centuries.

a. was

b. has been

c. is being

d) for

e) during

f) while

g) much

h) several

i) many

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Question

There (1) is two problems in cosmology. The first mystery is lack of mass.

a) were

b) rest

c) are

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Question

(1) We explain it with (2) the dark matter. Only 10% of matter is (3) know.

a) We can explain it

b) It can be explained

c) It explains

d) dark matter

e) a dark matter

f) dark matters

g) knew

h) known

i) knowing

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Question

Missing matter (1) constituate (2) the 90 other per cent. (3) And we don't find them yet.

a) constitutes

b) constituates

c) constitutes

d) the 90 other for hundred

e) the other 90 per cent

f) But they haven't been found

g) So it hasn't been found

h) But we can't find it

i) So we haven't found it

j) But it hasn't been found

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Question

The other problem is the relation between (1) the gravity and the energy.

a) gravity and energy

b) the gravity and energy

c) gravity and the energy

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Question

The universe is in expansion and (1) the most (2) he expanse, (3) the most energie he create.

a) most

b) more

c) the more

d) he expands

e) it expanse

f) it expands

g) the most energy he creates

h) more energie it create

i) the more energy it creates

j) more it creates energy

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Question

(1) Scientist have a new explanation which could explain both (2) phenomenals.

a) Scientist has

b) Scientists have

c) Scientists has

d) phenomenons

e) phenomenas

f) phenomena

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Question

In the new theory, dark energy and gravity repulse (1) themselves.

a) them

b) each other

c) itself

Solution Détaillée

Correct the mistakes level 2 (More difficult) (page suivante)What needs correcting (4)? (page Précédente)

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