Editing Passage – 1
The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first correction has been done as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| One day, the Nawab sent words | e.g. | word | words |
| to his minister that I wanted | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| a entire earth measured from | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| side to side and of end to end. | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| He would also great appreciate | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| it, if the minister count the | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| stars an the sky as well. The | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| minister say it was impossible, | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| no one will do such a thing. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | I | he |
| (b) | a | the |
| (c) | of | from |
| (d) | great | greatly |
| (e) | count | could count |
| (f) | an | in |
| (g) | say | said |
| (h) | will | could |
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Editing Passage -2
In the following paragraph there is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Vikrant always feed the birds feed | e.g. | feed | feeds |
| 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 | X | X | |
| the food. After some months, they come | (f) | ||
| nearer and nearer to his hand, because | X | X | |
| there is food in his hand. | (h) |
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