For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided
at the end of the line.
For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word
you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "—" and put the word in the blank
provided at the end of the line.
The desire to use language as a sign of national identity
is a very natural one, and in result language has played a (1) ______
prominent part in national moves. Men have often felt the (2) ______
need to cultivate a given language to show that they are
distinctive from another race whose hegemony they resent. (3) ______
At the time the United States split off from Britain, for (4) ______
example, there were proposals that independence should be
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