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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) | ………… | ………… |
| a forest we saw a deer on a right side of the road. | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| My friend brings out his Camera | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| but the deer quickly jumped at | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| a pit. We stopped to help the deer get into of the pit. |
(e) | ………… | ………… |
| A man tied a rope to its waist and | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| go into the pit and lifted it out. | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| It ran away as faster as it could. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
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) | ……… | ……… |
| He had compassion in it, and | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| taking it up, place it on his | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| bosom. The snake was quick | (d) | ……… | ……… |
| revived by a warmth, and | (e) | ……… | ……… |
| resuming its naturally instinct, | (f) | ……… | ……… |
| bit its benefactor. “Oh” cry the | (g) | ……… | ……… |
| farmer with his latest breath, | (h) | ……… | ……… |
| “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) | ……… | ……… |
| tea, out of curious, dipped the cocoon | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| of silkworm into it and learn to unwind the | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| Fine thread of silk. It was nearly five thousand years | |||
| later that the Frenchman, experimenting with the crushed leaves of the mulberry trees | (d) | ……… | ……… |
| , in which the silkworm feeds, | (e) | ……… | ……… |
| find out how to produce | (f) | ……… | ……… |
| a fine silk like filament which we now calls artificial silk. | (g) | ……… | ……… |
| It is only in the last twenty-five years that men | (h) | ……… | ……… |
| has succeeded on synthesizing new fibres from | (i) | ……… | ……… |
| 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) | ………… | ………… |
| pressure of populations on land | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| and land resources. Each second three babies | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| are born somewhere on the world. | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| Why is this enormous increase in population taken place? | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| Medical care help people to live longer. | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| People live longest and fewer children are dying, | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| so population of the world is shooting upon. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
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) | ……… | ……… |
| Rudyard Kipling was send to | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| England in the age of six to begin his | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| serious schooling. He stayed their for | (d) | ……… | ……… |
| ten years.Then he was brought back at Lahore | (e) | ……… | ……… |
| where his father was working as a curator | (f) | ……… | ……… |
| of a city museum. | (g) | ……… | ……… |
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) | ……… | ……… |
| the Kolis, the fisherman of Bombay and the | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| originally inhabitants of the place. Even today | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| Koli villages exists all along the | (d) | ……… | ……… |
| sea-coast of Bombay. It is belief | (e) | ……… | ……… |
| that Mazagaon owes his name to Machchgaon, | (f) | ……… | ……… |
| meaning fish-village and Kolaha mean Koli estate. | (g) | ……… | ……… |
| There are numerous places worth visit in | (h) | ……… | ……… |
| Bombay. There are Marine Drive, Gateway for | (i) | ……… | ……… |
| India, Elephanta Caves, etc. |
Answers –
| 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) | …….. | …….. |
| and have the family. In the | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| West more women are hard-headed | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| careerists and are committing to | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| their jobs. Here at India women ; | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| still have tradition roles to play | (f) | …….. | …….. |
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) | …….. | …….. |
| Some of the big cats are so fast. | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| A cheetah can run for 1 10 kilometers | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| per hour. Cats had big padded paws | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| which help them to jumping | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| and running and reaching there prey They have longest, sharp teeth and |
(f) | …….. | …….. |
| claws to grip and kill their prey. | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| Tigers are the big cats. They | (h) | …….. | …….. |
| live on grasslands and forests. Their stripes | (i) | …….. | …….. |
| help them to hide between trees and | (j) | …….. | …….. |
| 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) | …….. | …….. |
| Though this was the first time I have climbed, | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| I did not found it too difficult | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| for me to keep going. The last parts | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| of the climb was really difficult. | |||
| At times I was quite frightened. But | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| I had been giving the advice, | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| not to look down; I keep remembering it. | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| In last, I reached the top safely. | (h) | …….. | …….. |
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 | eg… | at | on |
| coast of India. It is not yet polluting by | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| too many tourism. The place is superb | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| for its scenic beautiful and exhilarating climate. | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| The fort on a hill on the beach remind us of the | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| time when it was built too defend the place from | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| foreign sea-robbers. Various article exhibited | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| in the museum remind us off the time when | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| the people of the place had trade relations to | (h) | …….. | …….. |
| many countries of the world | (i) | …….. | …….. |
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. 41 to 50
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