Omission Exercises

Omission exercises seem to be one of the common English grammar topics students are made to practise in school. The main motive behind this is to help students identify missing words and correct faulty, meaningless sentences, thereby improving their language on the whole. This article will provide you with some sample omission exercises which you can try out.

Omission Exercises with Answers

Given below are two exercises. Go through them and complete them.

Exercise 1 – Identify the Omitted Words and Rewrite the Passage

Passage 1

Read the following passage and fill in with suitable words which have been omitted to complete the passage.

The twins stayed their granny’s house for a month their classes started. Their stay granny taught them how paint. So before leaving the twins decided to their granny with a beautiful painting. Both twins drew beautiful scenery and gifted it to granny on the day left.

Answers for Passage 1

The twins stayed at their granny’s house for a month before their classes started. During their stay, their granny taught them how paint. So before leaving, the twins decided to surprise their granny with a beautiful painting. Both twins drew beautiful scenery and gifted it to their granny on the day they left.

Passage 2

Read the story below and rewrite by filling in the omitted words.

Once upon time, there lived a king and queen who had a beautiful named Rapunzel. Rapunzel long, golden hair which had a healing power. So, day a bad witch came and baby Rapunzel away. She kept Rapunzel in her tall tower away the city. The witch never Rapunzel to leave the tower. The witch used go out once a week to food, and when she back, she used Rapunzel’s hair to climb back the tower. One day, prince came and rescued Rapunzel the tower.

Answers for Passage 2

Once upon a time, there lived a king and queen who had a beautiful daughter named Rapunzel. Rapunzel had long, golden hair which had a healing power. So, one day a bad witch came and took baby Rapunzel away. She kept Rapunzel in her tall tower away from the city. The witch never allowed Rapunzel to leave the tower. The witch used to go out once a week to bring food, and when she came back, she used Rapunzel’s hair to climb back into the tower. One day, a prince came and rescued Rapunzel from the tower.

Exercise 2 – Fill in the blanks

Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with omitted words.

1. Ramu is poor, but he is ____ honest man.
2. Have you visited ____ Taj Mahal in Agra?
3. Akbar was ____ father of Jahangir.
4. A cat ___ entered the kitchen last night to drink milk.
5. The train left ____ hour ago.
6. The robber jumped ____ the wall.
7. My niece ____ to New Delhi for the first time.
8. Ira ___ Tina are childhood friends.
9. The teacher distributed sweets ____ the children.
10. Milad saw the dog jump ____ the fence.
11. The river flows ___ the bridge.
12. The boys fought ____ themselves.
13. I had ____ ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce when I was in school.
14. My mom asked me to _______ my homework.
15. My phone is ______ working.

Answers for Exercise 2

1. Ramu is poor, but he is an honest man.
2. Have you visited the Taj Mahal in Agra?
3. Akbar was the father of Jahangir.
4. A cat had entered the kitchen last night to drink milk..
5. The train left an hour ago.
6. The robber jumped over the wall.
7. My niece went to New Delhi for the first time last year.
8. Ira and Tina are childhood friends.
9. The teacher distributed sweets among the children.
10. Milad saw the dog jump over the fence.
11. The river flows under the bridge.
12. The two boys fought between themselves.
13. I had read ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce when I was in school.
14. My mom asked me to finish my homework.
15. My phone is not working.