Question

Find and write down the extra word in each line. (0.5 point for each correct answer ) Getting a mortgage 1. Someone told to me a few months ago that getting a mortgage would be easy. How 2. wrong they were! When I first went into the bank, I asked if them how much I could 3. borrow. They refused that to answer ever such a simple question, saying that I had to 4. actually find a house before they could tell me whether they would have land me the 5. money or not. I thought this was ridiculous and so told it a white lie, saying that 6. I had been already found a house. They finally said they would lend me the money, so 7. that was great. Then the problems started. A few weeks later a friend told me that about 8. a wonderful flat that was for sale. He suggested to our buying it together because it was 9. so large and I agreed. When I went back to the bank and said so I was planning to 10. buy a flat with a friend, the bank manger denied doing that he had ever said the bank 11. would give me a mortgage and claimed that he has had looked at my finances and knew 12. I wasn’t earning enough to borrow money. I begged with him to have another look at my 13. records as I knew he was wrong. Finally, he agreed me to reconsider my case and 14. eventually sent me a letter which stated that the bank would was quite happy to give me 15. a mortgage. By then, though, it was said too late as someone else had bought the flat!

Answer 1

1. Someone told to me a few months ago that getting a mortgage would be easy. How 
2. wrong they were! When I first went into the bank, I asked if them how much I could 
3. borrow. They refused that to answer eversuch a simple question, saying that I had to 
4. actually find a house before they could tell me whether they would have land me the 
5. money or not. I thought this was ridiculous and so told it a white lie, saying that 
6. I had been already found a house. They finally said they would lend me the money, so 
7. that was great. Then the problems started. A few weeks later a friend told me that about 
8. a wonderful flat that was for sale. He suggested to our buying it together because it was 
9. so large and I agreed. When I went back to the bank and said so I was planning to 
10. buy a flat with a friend, the bank manger denied doing that he had ever said the bank 
11. would give me a mortgage and claimed that he has had looked at my finances and knew 
12. I wasn’t earning enough to borrow money. I begged with him to have another look at my 
13. records as I knew he was wrong. Finally, he agreed me to reconsider my case and 
14. eventually sent me a letter which stated that the bank would was quite happy to give me 
15. a mortgage. By then, though, it was said too late as someone else had bought the flat! 

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Answer 2

2. wrong 3. them 4. that 5. have 6. it 7. had 8. about 9. our 10. so 11. doing 12. has 13. with 14. me 15. was