Exercise-31
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 | ||
| Longer before Newton, Aristotle and Galileo | e.g. | Longer | Long |
| have done a lot of research on the subject | (a) | ………. | ………. |
| of gravity, Aristotle stating that a | (b) | ………. | ………. |
| heavier object needn’t fall to the Earth | (c) | ………. | ………. |
| fastest than a lighter one. Legend has | (d) | ………. | ………. |
| it that Galileo disproved those theory by | (e) | ………. | ………. |
| throwing down objects with different weights | (f) | ………. | ………. |
| from a Leaning tower of Pisa and | (g) | ………. | ………. |
| proved that it took practically the | (h) | ………. | ………. |
| same time to hit the ground. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | have | had |
| (b) | stating | stared |
| (c) | needn’t | need |
| (d) | fastest | faster |
| (e) | those | this |
| (f) | with | of |
| (g) | a | the |
| (h) | it | they |
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Exercise-32
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 | ||
| The Davis Cup is an beautiful silver punch | e.g. | an | a |
| bowl of engravings in gold. This trophy was | (a) | ……….. | ……….. |
| gifted in the United States Lawn Tennis Association | (b) | ……….. | ……….. |
| by the well known American tennis player, D.F. Davis on 1990. | (c) | ……….. | ……….. |
| The Davis Cup is a world championship who | (d) | ……….. | ……….. |
| go on practically throughout the year. The top | (e) | ……….. | ……….. |
| 16 tennis nation form the World Group | (f) | ……….. | ……….. |
| and compete among one another. The losing teams | (g) | ……….. | ……….. |
| is eliminated like in any other normal championship. | (h) | ……….. | ……….. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | of | with |
| (b) | in | to |
| (c) | on | in |
| (d) | who | which |
| (e) | go | goes |
| (f) | nation | notions |
| (g) | among | against |
| (h) | is | are |