Exercise-13
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline the error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Thanks to the current interest for fitness | |||
| and health that peoples are taking. | (a) | …………. | …………. |
| In each locality we find this days | (b) | …………. | …………. |
| some centres and clubs is springing | (c) | …………. | …………. |
| up and they are do well in their | (d) | …………. | …………. |
| new venture. But fortunately they | (e) | …………. | …………. |
| are not within easy reach for all. | (f) | …………. | …………. |
| Their fee are high and the centres | (g) | …………. | …………. |
| suffer from lack in equipment and many other | (h) | …………. | …………. |
| essential services. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | peoples | people |
| (b) | this | these |
| (c) | is | are |
| (d) | do | doing |
| (e) | fortunately | unfortunately |
| (f) | all | many |
| (g) | fee | fees |
| (h) | in | of |
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Exercise-14
There is one mistake in each line in the following paragraph. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| All life on earth can ultimately is | |||
| traced back on the sea. Creatures | (a) | …………….. | …………….. |
| with limbs or fingers rather than | (b) | …………….. | …………….. |
| fins has evolved from fishes | (c) | …………….. | …………….. |
| about 335 million years before, | (d) | …………….. | …………….. |
| which remain a mystery. The new | (e) | …………….. | …………….. |
| fossil find in a rock formation near Scotland | (f) | …………….. | …………….. |
| provides one of the few clue to what has been | (g) | …………….. | …………….. |
| happening on these 30 million years. | (h) | …………….. | …………….. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | on | to |
| (b) | or | and |
| (c) | has | had |
| (d) | before | ago |
| (e) | remain | remains |
| (f) | find | found |
| (g) | clue | clues |
| (h) | on | during |
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