Exercise-47
There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct one against the corresponding blanks:
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Once there was the guru communicating | e.g. | the | a |
| wisdom to people that came for his | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| darshan with flowers or fruits. One | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| day, all the offerings were in plenty, he | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| called the disciple and asked him to | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| cut fruits and arrange for their | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| distribution of prasad. A disciple | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| reported to a guru that all was ready | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| for distribution or asked him to distribute. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | that | who |
| (b) | or | and |
| (c) | a | the |
| (d) | the | a |
| (e) | their | the |
| (f) | A | the |
| (g) | a | the |
| (h) | or | and |
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Editing Exercise-48
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 | ||
| Children are found to coconut. It is the | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| biggest of all the nuts, and are indeed a wonderful | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| fruit. It grows on a tall palm tree and is find | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| in tropical countries round a seashore. The | (d) | …………… | …………… |
| name was giving to it by the Portuguese because, | (e) | …………… | …………… |
| with the three marks and eye-spots at the end, | (f) | …………… | …………… |
| it looks something like a monkey’s face, and `coco’ | (g) | …………… | …………… |
| are a Portuguese word for a bugbear or a distorted makes. | (h) | …………… | …………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | to | of |
| (b) | are | is |
| (c) | find | found |
| (d) | a | the |
| (e) | giving | given |
| (f) | and | or |
| (g) | look | looked |
| (h) | are | is |
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