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EDITING PASSAGE- 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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
INCORRECT | CORRECT | ||
Yesterday when we was driving through | (a) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
a forest we saw a deer on a right side of the road. | (b) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
My friend brings out his Camera | (c) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
but the deer quickly jumped at | (d) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
a pit. We stopped to help the deer get into of the pit. |
(e) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
A man tied a rope to its waist and | (f) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
go into the pit and lifted it out. | (g) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
It ran away as faster as it could. | (h) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
Answer
INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
(a) | was | were |
(b) | on a | on the |
(c) | brings | brought |
(d) | at | into |
(e) | into | out |
(f) | its | his |
(g) | go | went |
(h) | faster | fast |
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EDITING PASSAGE- 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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first has been done for you as an example.
INCORRECT | CORRECT | ||
One winter the farmer found a | e.g. | the | a |
snake stiff and froze with cold. | (a) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
He had compassion in it, and | (b) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
taking it up, place it on his | (c) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
bosom. The snake was quick | (d) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
revived by a warmth, and | (e) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
resuming its naturally instinct, | (f) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
bit its benefactor. “Oh” cry the | (g) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
farmer with his latest breath, | (h) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
“I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel”. |
Answer
INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
(a) | froze | frozen |
(b) | in | on |
(c) | place | placed |
(d) | basom, | quick bosom. quickly |
(e) | a | the |
(f) | naturally | natural |
(g) | cry | cried |
(h) | latest | last |
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Editing Exercise-23
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
Incorrect | Correct | ||
Legend tells us that for about three thousand | e.g. | ||
years B.C. a Chinese Empress, while taking his | (a) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
tea, out of curious, dipped the cocoon | (b) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
of silkworm into it and learn to unwind the | (c) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
Fine thread of silk. It was nearly five thousand years | |||
later that the Frenchman, experimenting with the crushed leaves of the mulberry trees | (d) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
, in which the silkworm feeds, | (e) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
find out how to produce | (f) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
a fine silk like filament which we now calls artificial silk. | (g) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
It is only in the last twenty-five years that men | (h) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
has succeeded on synthesizing new fibres from | (i) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
inorganic material. |
Answers–
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | his | her |
(b) | curious | curiosity |
(c) | learn | learnt |
(d) | the | a |
(e) | in | on |
(f) | find | found |
(g) | calls | call |
(h) | men | man |
(i) | on | in |
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Editing Exercise-24
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
Incorrect | Correct | ||
One of the greatest problem facing | e.g. | Problem | problems |
the world today is the rapid increasing | (a) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
pressure of populations on land | (b) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
and land resources. Each second three babies | (c) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
are born somewhere on the world. | (d) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
Why is this enormous increase in population taken place? | (e) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
Medical care help people to live longer. | (f) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
People live longest and fewer children are dying, | (g) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
so population of the world is shooting upon. | (h) | โฆโฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆโฆ |
Answers–
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | rapid | rapidly |
(b) | populations | population |
(c) | Each | Every |
(d) | on | in |
(e) | taken | taking |
(f) | help | helps |
(g) | longest | longer |
(h) | upon | up |
Editing Exercise-25
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied
Incorrect | Correct | ||
Rudyard Kipling was born on 1865 | e.g. | on | in |
in Bombay where his father was the Director for the Bombay School of Art. | (a) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
Rudyard Kipling was send to | (b) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
England in the age of six to begin his | (c) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
serious schooling. He stayed their for | (d) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
ten years.Then he was brought back at Lahore | (e) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
where his father was working as a curator | (f) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
of a city museum. | (g) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
Answers–
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | for | of |
(b) | send | sent |
(c) | in | at |
(d) | their | there |
(e) | at | to |
(f) | a | the |
(g) | a | the |
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Editing Exercise-26
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied
Incorrect | Correct | ||
The name ‘Bombay’ is deriving from | e.g. | deriving | derived |
the goddess ‘Mumba’, the patron deity for | (a) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
the Kolis, the fisherman of Bombay and the | (b) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
originally inhabitants of the place. Even today | (c) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
Koli villages exists all along the | (d) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
sea-coast of Bombay. It is belief | (e) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
that Mazagaon owes his name to Machchgaon, | (f) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
meaning fish-village and Kolaha mean Koli estate. | (g) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
There are numerous places worth visit in | (h) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
Bombay. There are Marine Drive, Gateway for | (i) | โฆโฆโฆ | โฆโฆโฆ |
India, Elephanta Caves, etc. |
Answers โ
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | for | of |
(b) | fisherman | fishermen |
(c) | originally | original |
(d) | exixts | exist |
(e) | belief | believed |
(f) | his | its |
(g) | mean | means |
(h) | visit | visiting |
(i) | for | of |
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EDITING EXERCISE-27
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
Incorrect | Correct | ||
In India working women leads a life | e.g. | leads | lead |
of dual responsibilities if they were married | (a) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
and have the family. In the | (b) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
West more women are hard-headed | (c) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
careerists and are committing to | (d) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
their jobs. Here at India women ; | (e) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
still have tradition roles to play | (f) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
Answers–
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | were | are |
(b) | the | a |
(c) | more | many |
(d) | committing | committed |
(e) | at | in |
(f) | tradition | traditional |
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Editing Exercise-28
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied
Incorrect | Correct | ||
Long tails help cats to kept their | e.g. | kept | keep |
balance if they run and jump. | (a) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
Some of the big cats are so fast. | (b) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
A cheetah can run for 1 10 kilometers | (c) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
per hour. Cats had big padded paws | (d) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
which help them to jumping | (e) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
and running and reaching there prey They have longest, sharp teeth and |
(f) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
claws to grip and kill their prey. | (g) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
Tigers are the big cats. They | (h) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
live on grasslands and forests. Their stripes | (i) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
help them to hide between trees and | (j) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
tall grasses. |
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | if | when |
(b) | so | very |
(c) | for | at |
(d) | had | have |
(e) | to | in |
(f) | there | their |
(g) | longest | long |
(h) | big | biggest |
(i) | on | in |
(j) | between | among |
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Editing Exercise-29
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a number is given. Write the incorrect word and supply a correct word in place of that. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
Incorrect | Correct | ||
After stopping for the cup of tea, | e.g. | the | a |
I begin the steep walk uphill. | (a) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
Though this was the first time I have climbed, | (b) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
I did not found it too difficult | (c) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
for me to keep going. The last parts | (d) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
of the climb was really difficult. | |||
At times I was quite frightened. But | (e) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
I had been giving the advice, | (f) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
not to look down; I keep remembering it. | (g) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
In last, I reached the top safely. | (h) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
Answers–
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | begin | began |
(b) | have | had |
(c) | found | find |
(d) | parts | part |
(e) | frighten | frightened |
(f) | giving | given |
(g) | keep | kept |
(h) | In | At |
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Editing Exercise-30
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 | ||
Vishnupuram is a small town at the Western | egโฆ | at | on |
coast of India. It is not yet polluting by | (a) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
too many tourism. The place is superb | (b) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
for its scenic beautiful and exhilarating climate. | (c) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
The fort on a hill on the beach remind us of the | (d) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
time when it was built too defend the place from | (e) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
foreign sea-robbers. Various article exhibited | (f) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
in the museum remind us off the time when | (g) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
the people of the place had trade relations to | (h) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
many countries of the world | (i) | โฆโฆ.. | โฆโฆ.. |
Answers–
Incorrect | Correct | |
(a) | polluting | polluted |
(b) | many | much |
(c) | beautiful | beauty |
(d) | remind | reminds |
(e) | too | to |
(f) | article | articles |
(g) | off | of |
(h) | to | with |
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Editing for Class 9 & 10 with answers Ex. 51 to 60
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