Exercise- 131
There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct one against the corresponding blanks:
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Man is the nobler of all animals, the final | e.g. | nobler | noblest |
| product of untold age of progressive | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| evolution, but theyis not consciously | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| striving to live over to his heritage. | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| The beasts hold a world conference to | (d) | …………… | …………… |
| confabulate in the authenticity of man’s | (e) | …………… | …………… |
| claim to be the better of creations and | (f) | …………… | …………… |
| the monarch in all that walks on the earth. | (g) | …………… | …………… |
| The lion chair the meeting. The tiger rose first. | (h) | …………… | …………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | age | ages |
| (b) | they | he |
| (c) | over | up |
| (d) | hold | held |
| (e) | in | on |
| (f) | better | best |
| (g) | in | of |
| (h) | chair | chaired |
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Exercise- 132
There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct one against the corresponding blanks:
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Islamic education arrive in India | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| many before Aurangzeb’s time, | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| fully grew in concept, context and functioning. | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| It has its beginning in mektabs, | (d) | …………… | …………… |
| the Arabic term for school. Though their | (e) | …………… | …………… |
| is no indication as for where they | (f) | …………… | …………… |
| were first establish, mektabs | (g) | …………… | …………… |
| were certainly widespread to the fourteenth century AD in capital cities like Samarkand. | (h) | …………… | …………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | arrive | arrived |
| (b) | many | much |
| (c) | grew | grown |
| (d) | has | had |
| (e) | their | there |
| (f) | for | to |
| (g) | establish | established |
| (h) | to | by |
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