Question

Помогите пожалуйста. Look carefully at each line. Some lines are correct, but some have a word which should not be there. Cross out the unnecessary word and mark the line as wrong (–). All the correct lines mark with a tick (+). The task begins with two examples. BARBIE 0. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market 00. for nearly fifty years, and has been the subject of a numerous 1. controversies and lawsuits, often is involving parody of the doll and 2. her lifestyle. Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. 3. and launched in the March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth 4. Handler (1916 – 2002) often watched by her daughter Barbara at 5. play with paper dolls, and noticed that she has often enjoyed giving 6. them an adult roles. At the time, most children’s toy dolls were 7. representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the 8. market, Handler suggested him the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her 9. husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. Ruth Handler 10. believed in that it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance.

Answer 1

Ненужные слова введены в скобки и написаны КАПСОМ 1. controversies and lawsuits, often (IS) involving parody of the doll and (-) 2. her lifestyle. Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc.  (+) 3. and launched in (THE) March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth  (-) 4. Handler (1916 – 2002) often watched by her daughter Barbara (AT)  (-) 5. play with paper dolls, and noticed that she (HAS) often enjoyed giving (-) 6. them (AN) adult roles. At the time, most children’s toy dolls were (-) 7. representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the  (+) 8. market, Handler suggested (HIM) the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her (-) 9. husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. Ruth Handler (+) 10. believed (IN) that it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance. (-)

Answer 2

Sure, let's go through the text and cross out the unnecessary words and mark the correct lines:

BARBIE +. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market + for nearly fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous – controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and – her lifestyle. Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. + and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth + Handler (1916 – 2002) often watched by her daughter Barbara at + play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving + them adult roles. At the time, most children’s toy dolls were + representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the + market, Handler suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her + husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. Ruth Handler + believed that it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance.

Corrected version:

BARBIE +. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market + for nearly fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous – controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and – her lifestyle. Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. + and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth + Handler (1916 – 2002) often watched by her daughter Barbara at + play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving + them adult roles. At the time, most children’s toy dolls were + representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the + market, Handler suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her + husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. Ruth Handler + believed that it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance.

(Note: I kept the punctuation unchanged, but some commas might need to be adjusted for better clarity.)