The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided.
| Incorrect | Correct |
| One of the most tragic, volcanic eruption of the last two | | |
| thousand years occurred in August 24, 79 A.D. On this day, | | |
| Mount Vesuvius (located near Naples, Italy) erupted, buried | | |
| the near cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in a tremendous | | |
| flow of cinder, ashes, and mud. An even large volcanic | | |
| catastrophe occurring in the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra | | |
| on August, 26–28, 1883 where Mount Krakatau erupted. | | |
| More than 36,000 people dead in the disaster. | | |
Solutions | Incorrect | Correct |
| One of the most tragic, volcanic eruption of the last two | eruption | eruptions |
| thousand years occurred in August 24, 79 A.D. On this day, | in | on |
| Mount Vesuvius (located near Naples, Italy) erupted, buried | buried | burying |
| the near cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in a tremendous | near | nearby |
| flow of cinder, ashes, and mud. An even large volcanic | large | larger |
| catastrophe occurring in the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra | occurring | occurred |
| on August, 26–28, 1883 where Mount Krakatau erupted. | where | when |
| More than 36,000 people dead in the disaster. | dead | died |
