Editing Exercise-5
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| According to Britain’s ‘Sunday Times’ medical error are the third | (a) | ……….. | ……….. |
| more frequent cause of death in | (b) | ……….. | ……….. |
| the world after cancer of heart disease. | (c) | ……….. | ……….. |
| The number of death in hospitals | (d) | ……….. | ……….. |
| is due to medical negligence. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | are | is |
| (b) | more | most |
| (c) | of | and |
| (d) | death | deaths |
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Editing Exercise-6
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Vikrant always feed the birds | e.g. | feed | feeds |
| feed feeds which came to his garden. | (a) | …………. | …………. |
| They were quite wild but they are | (b) | …………. | …………. |
| also hungry. At first, they had | (c) | …………. | …………. |
| afraid of him. He use to put | (d) | …………. | …………. |
| some food for them. They wait | (e) | …………. | …………. |
| until he went back into his house. | |||
| And then they flying down to eat | (f) | …………. | …………. |
| the food. After some months, they come | (g) | …………. | …………. |
| nearer and nearer to his hand, because | |||
| there is food in his hand. | (h) | …………. | …………. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | came | come |
| (b) | were | are |
| (c) | had | were |
| (d) | use | used |
| (e) | wait | waited |
| (f) | flying | flew |
| (g) | come | came |
| (h) | is | was |
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