Exercise-9
The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one mistake in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Rama was a naughty boy that lived | e.g. | that | who |
| in the village of Tenali. Her mother | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| did not know what to do at him | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| since he refused to study or did any | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| work. One day she take him to see | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| a guru. She told an holy man | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| that she were washing her hands | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| off her son since he should | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| make something about him. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | her | his |
| (b) | at | with |
| (c) | did | do |
| (d) | take | took |
| (e) | an | the |
| (f) | were | was |
| (g) | since | and |
| (h) | about | of |
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Exercise-10
The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one mistake in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Rama lived in a village of Tenali. He loved | |||
| the to play pranks and was always jokes. He | (a) | ………….. | ………….. |
| refused to study but take anything seriously. | (b) | ………….. | ………….. |
| His mother didn’t not know what to do | (c) | ………….. | ………….. |
| with him. She feel he never would be | (d) | ………….. | ………….. |
| enable to make something of himself. | (e) | ………….. | ………….. |
| One day she take him to see a guru. She | (f) | ………….. | ………….. |
| told the guru that he had had enough | (g) | ………….. | ………….. |
| of her son. She asked him to get the sense into Rama. | (h) | ………….. | ………….. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | jokes | joking |
| (b) | but | or |
| (c) | didn’t | did |
| (d) | feel | felt |
| (e) | enable | able |
| (f) | take | took |
| (g) | he | she |
| (h) | the | some |
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