Error Correction Exercises for Class 11 with Answers pdf for CBSE

EDITING EXERCISE – 41

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
Exploring space mean to study	e.g.	mean	means
space to the sake of knowledge	(a)	……..	……..
in the largest interest of mankind.	(b)	……..	……..
Exploiting space mean using space	(c)	……..	……..
for commercial use. There aims	(d)	……..	……..
are quite difference. The former one	(e)	……..	……..
is to enhance knowledge but to satisfy	(f)	……..	……..
curiosity while the later is	(g)	……..	……..
to making money.	(h)	……..	……..

Answers–

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	to	for
(b)	largest	Larger
(c)	mean	means
(d)	There	Their
(e)	difference	different
(f)	but	and
(g)	later	latter
(h)	making	make

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EDITING EXERCISE – 42

		Incorrect	Correct
In a kingdom of fools, both the	e.g.	a	the
king or the minister were foolish.	(a)	……..	……..
Under their rule peoples worked at	(b)	……..	……..
night and enjoy sleep at day time.	(c)	……..	……..
Once, the guru and his disciple	(d)	……..	……..
mean means came to this kingdom for fools.	(e)	……..	……..
The guru made down his mind to	(f)	……..	……..
leave it, because he thinks it was	(g)	……..	……..
danger to stay in that town.	(h)	……..	……..

Answers–

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	or	and
(b)	peoples	people
(c)	enjoy	enjoyed
(d)	the	a
(e)	for	of
(f)	down	up
(g)	thinks	thought
(h)	danger	dangerous

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EDITING EXERCISE – 43

		Incorrect	Correct
It is truth that parents are	e.g.	truth	true
more valueable then any other	(a)	……..	……..
things in the world for a child.	(b)	……..	……..
They are the more precious property.	(c)	……..	……..
A child depend upon them all the	(d)	……..	……..
He needs them at every steps	(e)	……..	……..
because they takes care of him.	(f)	……..
Under the care of their parents,	(g)	……..	……..
a child feel secure.	(h)	……..	……..

Answers–

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	then	than
(b)	things	thing
(c)	more	most
(d)	depend	depends
(e)	steps	step
(f)	takes	take
(g)	their	his
(h)	feel	feels

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EDITING EXERCISE – 44

		Incorrect	Correct
Freshly made tea is tasty but beneficial	e.g.	but	and
if some simple rules are observing.	(a)	……..	……..
It is best to keep her separately in a	(b)	……..	……..
jar If kept Open, its aroma escape	(c)	……..	……..
and it looses its taste and curative	(d)	……..	……..
Stale tea should not he took.	(e)	……..	……..
Tea is the excellent cure for colds.	(f)	……..	……..
A cup of fresh tea stimulate	(g)	……..	……..
concentration or improves capacity to work.	(h)	……..	……..

Answers–

	Incorrect	correct
(a)	observing	observed
(b)	her	It
(c)	escape	escapes
(d)	looses	loses
(e)	took	taken
(f)	the	an
(g)	stimulate	stimulates
(h)	or	and

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EDITING EXERCISE – 45

		Incorrect	Correct
The birth of a son on our family	(a)	……..	……..
was the great occasion. In fact,	(b)	……..	……..
I was an only daughter of my	(c)	……..	……..
My parents fearing I might	(d)	……..	……..
be their first or last child.	(e)	……..	……..
I had wished all along to had a	(f)	……..	……..
brother My grandmother pray to God	(g)	……..	……..
day and night to have the grandson.	(h)	……..	……..

Answers–

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	on	in
(b)	the	a
(c)	an	the
(d)	fearing	feared
(e)	or	and
(f)	had	have
(g)	pray	Prayed
(h)	the	a

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EDITING EXERCISE-46

		Incorrect	Correct
One morning a poet was stood in	e.g.	stood	standing
a forest. He saw two roads running on	(a)	……..	……..
different directions. For the long time,	(b)	……..	……..
he could not decide something. Finally,	(c)	……..	……..
he took the road on whom few people	(d)	……..	……..
had travel. He thought that	(e)	……..	……..
he will travel the other road some	(f)	……..	……..
other day although he know that	(g)	……..	……..
he would not be able to came back.	(h)	……..	……..

Answers–

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	on	in
(b)	the	a
(c)	something	any thing
(d)	whom	which
(e)	travel	travelling
(f)	will	would
(g)	know	knew
(h)	came	come

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Exercise – 47

The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember you have supplied. One is done as an example:

		Incorrect	Correct
The International Monetary Fund maintain	e.g.	maintain	maintained
its forecast on weak global growth and	(a)	…………….	…………….
warned that further stagnation did fuel	(b)	…………….	…………….
more populist sentiment for trade and	(c)	…………….	…………….
immigration that would stifled activity,	(d)	…………….	…………….
productivity and innovation. In the late update	(e)	…………….	…………….
of their Word Economic Outlook, the IMF	(f)	…………….	…………….
said a dropped in US growth for 2016	(g)	…………….	…………….
is due too a weak first-half performance.	(h)	…………….	…………….

Answers:

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	on	for
(b)	did	will
(c)	for	against
(d)	stifled	stifle
(e)	late	latest
(f)	their	its
(g)	dropped	drop
(h)	too	to

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Exercise – 48

The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember you have supplied. One is done as an example:

		Incorrect	Correct
Your voice has remained very subdue	e.g.	subdue	subdued
and other’s voices are very loud, command,	(a)	…………….	…………….
because they were order and you had	(b)	…………….	…………….
followed them—despite you. Naturally	(c)	…………….	…………….
only one voice is missing with you, and	(d)	…………….	…………….
that is you; otherwise there is a wholly	(e)	…………….	…………….
crowd. And that crowd is constant driving	(f)	…………….	…………….
you mad, because one voice say, “Do this,”	(g)	…………….	…………….
another voice says, “Never does that! Don’t	(h)	…………….	…………….
listen to that voice!”

Answers:

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	command	commanding
(b)	order	orders
(c)	you	yourself
(d)	with	in
(e)	wholly	whole
(f)	constant	constantly
(g)	say	says
(h)	does	do

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Exercise – 49

The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember you have supplied. One is done as an example:

		Incorrect	Correct
The issue of capital punishment involve detennining	e.g:	Involve	Involves
whether the execution of criminals are ever	(a)	…………….	…………….
justified, and if so, on what circumstances	(b)	…………….	…………….
it is permissible and how to determining	(c)	…………….	…………….
the limits of a crime demand execution.	(d)	…………….	…………….
It also involves the issue where the society	(e)	…………….	…………….
believes in corrective justice nor retributive	(f)	…………….	…………….
justice. The basic assumption from retributive	(g)	…………….	…………….
nation of punishment in generally is that a	(h)	…………….	…………….
criminal deserves punishment.

Answers:

	Incorrect	Correct
(a)	are	is
(b)	on	under
(c)	determining	determine
(d)	demand	demanding
(e)	where	whether
(f)	nor	or
(g)	form	of
(h)	generally	general

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Exercise – 50

The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember you have supplied. One is done as an example:

		Incorrect	Correct
We live in times when incomes is rising.	e.g:	is	are
The economic boom of the last 25 years have	(a)	…………….	…………….
created a grow tribe of erstwhile-middle	(b)	…………….	…………….
class-turned-HNIs who earn much many than	(c)	…………….	…………….
they can spend. Born on the inflation	(d)	…………….	…………….
and scarcity-stricken 1960s and 70s, this well-paid adults	(e)	…………….	…………….
enjoy their new wealth, but is conservative in	(f)	…………….	…………….
their spending and investing habits. They swing	(g)	…………….	…………….
among confidence and caution when it comes to money.	(h)	…………….	…………….