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Spot the swapped word

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Statement parts
    1. Slaves
    2. sing
    3. most
    4. when
    5. they
    6. are
    7. most
    8. content
    Correction
    unhappy
    Incorrect part
    content
  2. Statement parts
    1. It
    2. opened
    3. my
    4. eyes
    5. to
    6. the
    7. horrible
    8. pit,
    9. but
    10. to
    11. no
    12. rope
    Correction
    ladder
    Incorrect part
    rope
  3. Statement parts
    1. What
    2. he
    3. most
    4. dreaded,
    5. that
    6. I
    7. most
    8. feared
    Correction
    desired
    Incorrect part
    feared
  4. Statement parts
    1. From
    2. that
    3. moment,
    4. I
    5. understood
    6. the
    7. pathway
    8. from
    9. slavery
    10. to
    11. wealth
    Correction
    freedom
    Incorrect part
    wealth
Instructions
One word in each quoted line has been swapped. Tap the word that does not belong.

Explanation

_Source: Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), public domain_
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