EXERCISE-1
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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| An inter-school football match is been | eg. | been | being |
| organised among our school and City | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| Montessori School. The match will be playing | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| on 18th March on are school grounds | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| since 5 p.m. onwards. | (d) | …………… | …………… |
Answers–
| Incorrect Word | Correct Word | |
| (a) | among | between |
| (b) | playing | played |
| (c) | are | our |
| (d) | since | from |
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EXERCISE-2
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line in which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer, sheet against the correct blank number. The first has been done as an example.
| Incorrect | correct | ||
| You will have your hair cut very short in the | e.g. | will | must |
| first month. After that you might grow it | (a) | ……… | ……… |
| longer but it shall never touch your collar. | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| Your uniform should be neat but clean too. | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| A student is expect to be neat and clean. | (d) | ……… | ……… |
| Incorrect | correct | |
| (a) | might | may |
| (b) | shall | should |
| (c) | but | and |
| (d) | expect | expected |
Answers–
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EXERCISE-3
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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first has been done for you as an example. (4)
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The border dispute had resulted | e.g. | had | has |
| in spoiling the relations among the | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| two nuclear neighbour. Kashmir | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| is the bigger challenge for | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| a political think-tanks. | (d) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | among | between |
| (b) | neighbour | neighbours |
| (c) | bigger | biggest |
| (d) | a | the |
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EXERCISE-4
There is an error correction in your answer, sheet against correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. related to the use of prepositions in each line against which the blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Megasthenes came to India into 302 B.C | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| as an ambassador for Seleucos, the | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| representative in India from the Greek | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| Prince Alexander. He took up office on the | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| court of King Chandragupta. He has | |||
| described at detail the land, the people, | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| the climate, the fertility for the soil etc. | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| on his book Indica. He has praised | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| the Indians and has shown respect of their wisdom. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answers.–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | into | in |
| (b) | for | of |
| (c) | from | of |
| (d) | on | in |
| (e) | at | in |
| (f) | for | in |
| (g) | on | in |
| (h) | of | for |
EXERCISE-5
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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Some animal activist are horrified | activist | activists | |
| about the pitiable condition of the animals in the zoos. They demands |
(a) | ………… | ………… |
| ethical treatment from animals. According | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| to them zoos are more then anima | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| prisons maintaining for human | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| amusement. There the animals are deprived from even basic |
(e) | ………… | ………… |
| care. But the zoo industry justify | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| the lodging and breeding of animals in the | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| ground that they are preventing from extinction. |
(h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | correct | |
| (a) | demands | demand |
| (b) | from | to |
| (c) | then | than |
| (d) | maintaining | maintained |
| (e) | from | of |
| (f) | justify | justifies |
| (g) | in | on |
| (h) | preventing | prevented |
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EXERCISE-6
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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| In simple words ‘Welfare’ mean | e.g. | mean | means |
| state of well being and happy. Human | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| welfare largely depends in the quality | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| of the environment which surrounded | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| him. Environment are of two types— | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| the internal environment or the external | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| environment. External environment include | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| water, soil, air, plants, culture, income, | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| relations, etc. Internal environment is direct relating to human health. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | happy | happiness |
| (b) | in | on |
| (c) | surrouned | surrounds |
| (d) | are | is |
| (e) | or | and |
| (f) | include | includes |
| (g) | direct | directly |
| (h) | relating | related |
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EXERCISE-7
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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Once the traveller was standing on | eg. | the | a |
| the road under extremely heat sun. | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| He started searching of a shade. A | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| tree gave him shade and than the | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| traveller felt very relaxed that he felt | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| like staying with the tree. He thought of build | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| a home near the tree. Now, he needs wood | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| for his house. Then he begged for few wood | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| from the tree to make his axe. The tree gave it. He cutted the tree |
(h) | ………… | ………… |
| and made his house. But then the | (i) | ………… | |
| house was build, the man cried as | (j) | ………… | ………… |
| he felt lonely or hot. | (k) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | heat | hot |
| (b) | of | for |
| (c) | than | then |
| (d) | very | so |
| (e) | build | building |
| (f) | needs | needed |
| (g) | few | some |
| (h) | cutted | cut |
| (i) | then | when |
| (j) | build | built |
| (k) | or | and |
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EXERCISE-8
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which numbering is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Flamingoes flock in Kachchh every year. | e.g. | in | to |
| It come there firom various parts of the | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| world a year to breed. Flamingo city | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| is a island situated in the middle of the | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| Rana of Kachchh, known to the biggest | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| breeding ground for flamingoes, and today | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| it is strewn in bodies of hundreds of chicks. | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| The parents has fled the island due to lack | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| of food, plankton, algae and small fish what are food for the flamingoes. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | It | They |
| (b) | a | every |
| (c) | a | an |
| (d) | to | as |
| (e) | and | but |
| (f) | in | with |
| (g) | has | have |
| (h) | what | which |
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EXERCISE-9
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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Developed on India over 5000 years | e.g. | ………… | ………… |
| ago, ayurveda has gain worldwide | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| recognition as a efficient healthcare | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| system. It uses a system on analysis | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| and physical examination where | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| depends almost entire | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| on observation for find out | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| one’s origin nature and imbalances. | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| Ayurveda takes into account the patient’s entire personality. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | gain | gained |
| (b) | a | an |
| (c) | a | the |
| (d) | where | which |
| (e) | entire | entirely |
| (f) | for | to |
| (g) | origin | original |
| (h) | the | a |
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EXERCISE-10
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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The rhododendron is common at the Himalayan | e.g. | at | in |
| Ranges, particularly in a Simla Hills. It is | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| a large shrub or tree which attaining a height of | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| about 40 ft. The leaves is 4-6 inches long, | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| distinctly veined and whitish beneath. | |||
| Its flowers is in dense clusters and are of | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| red colour. It flowers in the Himalayas since | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| March to May, which hill-sides are a scarlet | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| gleam. Flowers are acidic in taste who are used | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| for chutney making with the hill people. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer.
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | a | the |
| (b) | attaining | attains |
| (c) | is | are |
| (d) | is | are |
| (e) | since | from |
| (f) | which | when |
| (g) | who | which |
| (h) | with | by |
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Exercise-11
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a numeral is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Nature made vegetation who is meant for all | e.g. | who | that |
| living being. But man felt that all the animals | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| are meant for them. tie killed elephant | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| for his tusks, deer for its horns, | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| the large number of animals for | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| there hide for shoes, decoration and dresses. | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| He killed musk deers to have the musk from | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| its stomach. Man kills a large numbers of | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| animals for his food. He feels that they were all meant to die for | (h) | …….. | …….. |
| his facilities. |
Answers–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | being | beings |
| (b) | them | him |
| (c) | his | its |
| (d) | the | a |
| (e) | there | their |
| (g) | numbers | number |
| (h) | were | are |
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Exercise-12
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a numeral is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Budgies is commonly known as Lovebirds. | e.g. | is | are |
| Budgies stays near water when it is hot, | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| but when there are a lot of rain | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| they spread out at far off places. | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| They are sometimes see nestling on top | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| of tall eucalyptus tree. Though most | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| caged budgies cannot fly, a wild one fly | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| hundreds of kilometers in a speed of | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| about 50 km per hour for find food or water. | (h) | …….. | …….. |
Answers–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | slays | stay |
| (b) | are | is |
| (c) | at | to |
| (d) | see | seen |
| (e) | tree | trees |
| (f) | fly | flies |
| (g) | in | at |
| (h) | for | to |
Exercise-13
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| In the last four decades, there have been a very | (a) | ……….. | ……….. |
| significant rise in the numbers of lower middle and | (b) | ……….. | ……….. |
| middle class woman who seek employment to | (c) | ……….. | ……….. |
| supplemented their household income. While there | (d) | ……….. | ……….. |
| little doubt that women from the lower rank of | (e) | ……….. | ……….. |
| society have always had working in the fields or in petty | (f) | ……….. | ……….. |
| been jobs to sustain themselves or their families, there | (g) | ……….. | ……….. |
| were strong objections and a marked reluctance between | (h) | ……….. | ……….. |
| the middle classes to allow women to step out of a | (i) | ……….. | ……….. |
| house to earn a living. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | have | has |
| (b) | numbers | number |
| (c) | woman | women |
| (d) | supplemented | supplement |
| (e) | rank | ranks |
| (f) | had | had |
| (g) | or | and |
| (h) | between | among |
| (i) | a | the |
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Exercise-14
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The guru asked him to start for the person | e.g. | for | with |
| in that he had the greatest faith and the highest | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| confidence. All of petheople assembled | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| their thought that the disciple would | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| first give a fruits to the teacher and | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| than distribute to the others. But the | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| disciple do not do so. He took the first | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| fruit himself. He explain that since he had | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| the greater confidence in himself, | (h) | ………… | ………… |
| he took the first fruit. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | that | whom |
| (b) | of | the |
| (c) | their | there |
| (d) | fruits | fruit |
| (e) | than | then |
| (f) | do | did |
| (g) | explain | explained |
| (h) | greater | greatest |
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Exercise-15
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 | ||
| Last night I’d discover that Tom couldn’t cook | e.g. | discover | discovered |
| much besides fried rice but beans. | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| So I requested that I should of assigned | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| kitchen details for the during of my stay. | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| I want to cook my own food. | (d) | ………… | ………… |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | but | and |
| (b) | of | be |
| (c) | during | duration |
| (d) | want | wanted |
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Exercise-16
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 | ||
| But Minna know her mother. For all her brisk | e.g. | know | knew |
| manner she was soft from inside with a honey cake. | (a) | ……….. | ……….. |
| She would rescue birds by snakes. Young | (b) | ……….. | ……….. |
| homesick soldiers in the fort knew its kindness. | (c) | ……….. | ……….. |
| She can a graceful woman. | (d) | ……….. | ……….. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | with | like |
| (b) | by | from |
| (c) | its | her |
| (d) | can | was |
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Exercise-17
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 | ||
| She go out and walked up the road | e.g. | go | went |
| through the fort. It is quiet, as | (a) | ………. | ………. |
| everyone was asleep. Even the prisoners which | (b) | ………. | ………. |
| faced death were silent in a fort jail. | (c) | ………. | ………. |
| go Silence prevails everywhere | (d) | ………. | ………. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | is | was |
| (b) | which | who |
| (c) | a | the |
| (d) | prevails | prevailed |
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Exercise- 18
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 | ||
| Bharatnatyam dancer Geeta Chandran, for | e.g. | for | with |
| a dimple in place, is a beauty woman. | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| She speaks in a language from passion and | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| abiding commitment to his muse. | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| Her popularity had earned her a | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| good fan following. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | beauty | beautiful |
| (b) | from | of |
| (c) | his | her |
| (d) | had | has |
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Exercise-19
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 | ||
| We came to the main hall, who was the | e.g. | who | which |
| centre of attraction. Every ceremony to my | (a) | ……….. | ……….. |
| wedding taken place in this room. In the | (b) | ……….. | ……….. |
| middle of the hall, their was a fire urn. | (c) | ……….. | ……….. |
| who I sit down on the floor | (d) | ……….. | ……….. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | to | of |
| (b) | taken | took |
| (c) | their | there |
| (d) | sit | sat |
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Exercise-20
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 | ||
| If the police are looking at him | e.g. | at | for |
| he must has committed a | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| crime. In this case he can | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| prove to been very dangerous. | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| at He may be carry a weapon. | (d) | ………… | ………… |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | has | have |
| (b) | this | that |
| (c) | been | be |
| (d) | carry | carrying |
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Exercise-21
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 | ||
| It all began with Isaac Newton, which, while | e.g. | which | who |
| propounding his universal law of gravitation, wonder | (a) | ………. | ………. |
| whether like all materials objects in the | (b) | ………. | ………. |
| universe, light is subject to gravitational attraction. | (c) | ………. | ………. |
| which He start experimenting on this fact | (d) | ………. | ………. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | wonder | wondered |
| (b) | materials | material |
| (c) | subject | subjected |
| (d) | start | started |
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Exercise – 22
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 | ||
| These incident are alarmingly | e.g. | incident | incidents |
| higher in India. Genetically, | (a) | ……………. | ……………. |
| we seem to have the great | (b) | ……………. | ……………. |
| tendency to developing heart trouble. | (c) | ……………. | ……………. |
| It shall lead to cardiac arrest | (d) | ……………. | ……………. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | higher | high |
| (b) | the | a |
| (c) | developing | develop |
| (d) | shall | can |
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Exercise-23
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 | ||
| Light shone from the house on a hillside and | (a) | ………. | ………. |
| the moon made a track of silver across the calm | (b) | ………. | ………. |
| surface of the sea. A few lights moved in the | (c) | ………. | ………. |
| surface of water. Squid boats with lamps was set | (d) | ………. | ………. |
| just above a water. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | the | a |
| (b) | across | along |
| (c) | in | on |
| (d) | was | were |
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Exercise-24
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Hanuman began consider different | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| ways of end his own life. All options | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| seem closed to him. Money he | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| had with plenty but all of it | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| was deposit in banks. He | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| could neither use or gift it to | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| someone, some friend were | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| looking with him even today. | (h) | …….. | …….. |
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Exercise-25
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied as shown.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Next morning Taro start for | (a) | ………. | ………. |
| work even early than the morning | (b) | ………. | ………. |
| before. He carries with him the | (c) | ………. | ………. |
| large pitcher he owned, for he | (d) | ………. | ………. |
| intend first of all to go to | (e) | ………. | ………. |
| the waterfall. When he reaches it | (f) | ………. | ………. |
| he found to her great surprise | (g) | ………. | ………. |
| all his neighbour there. | (h) | ………. | ………. |
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