Exercise-1
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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Incorrect and Correct Grammar Class 9 Exercise-2
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- 3
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 | ||
| 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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EXERCISE- 4
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 | ||
| 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-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 | ||
| My uncle who was addicted of letter writing | e.g. | of | to |
| were the role model in our extended family. | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| He lived in a village and often judged peoples | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| in the basis of how quickly his letters were | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| replied to. Uncle spent a hour every morning | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| writing detailed letters. He keeps a small box | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| next to him. It contained a postal stationery, | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| pens or an old paling dog-eared address book. | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| This book had numerous arrows for signify | (h) | ………… | ………… |
| changes in addresses. |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | were | was |
| (b) | peoples | people |
| (c) | in | on |
| (d) | a | an |
| (e) | keeps | kept |
| (f) | a | the |
| (g) | or | and |
| (h) | for | to |
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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 | ||
| You are endowed of certain naughtiness as a child. | e.g. | of | with |
| Keep it alive. Humour greased all tough | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| situations. One which has humour can | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| sail through any conflict. Humour is an | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| buffer that save you from humiliation. If | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| you refuse to been humiliated, you become | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| invincible. Humour bring everyone together | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| where humiliation tears them apart. In a | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| society tearing with humiliation, humour is like a breath of fresh air. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | greased | greases |
| (b) | which | who |
| (c) | an | the |
| (d) | save | saves |
| (e) | been | be |
| (f) | bring | brings |
| (g) | where | whereas |
| (h) | tearing | torn |
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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 | ||
| Peter and Michael decide to | e.g. | decide | decided |
| visit the Science museum at | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| there city. They asked Rahul | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| if’ he will like to join them. | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| Rahul were happy at the idea. | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| They bought their ticket at | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| the gate and walked in | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| the museum. It takes them | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| a hour to see the entire museum. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | at | in |
| (b) | there | their |
| (c) | will | would |
| (d) | were | was |
| (e) | ticket | tickets |
| (f) | in | into |
| (g) | takes | took |
| (h) | a | an |
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EXERCISE-8
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 | ||
| Jagdish Prasad Sharma had hardly dreaming that his proficiency |
eg. | dreaming | dreamed |
| in Hindi should one day take him from | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| the quiet holy town of Mathura for the bright | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| lights of the US. Sharma was one between | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| the too-odd Hindi teachers who has | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| travelled to Nokia to be interviewing by a | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| delegation from the US, who was in India | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| of headhunt young, full time Hindi teachers | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| for schools on the United States. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | should | would |
| (b) | for | to |
| (c) | between | among |
| (d) | has | had |
| (e) | interviewing | interviewed |
| (f) | was | were |
| (g) | of | to |
| (h) | on | in |
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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 | ||
| My uncle who was addicted of letter writing | e.g. | of | to |
| were the role model in our extended family. | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| He lived in a village and often judged peoples | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| in the basis of how quickly his letters were | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| replied to. Uncle spent a hour every morning | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| writing detailed letters. He keeps a small box | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| next to him. It contained a postal stationery, | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| pens or an old paling dog-eared address book. | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| This book had numerous arrows for signify | (h) | ………… | ………… |
| changes in addresses. |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | were | was |
| (b) | peoples | people |
| (c) | in | on |
| (d) | a | an |
| (e) | keeps | kept |
| (f) | a | the |
| (g) | or | and |
| (h) | for | to |
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EXERCISE-10
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | ||
| You are endowed of certain naughtiness as a child. | e.g. | of | with |
| Keep it alive. Humour greased all tough | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| situations. One which has humour can | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| sail through any conflict. Humour is an | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| buffer that save you from humiliation. If | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| you refuse to been humiliated, you become | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| invincible. Humour bring everyone together | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| where humiliation tears them apart. In a | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| society tearing with humiliation, humour is like a breath of fresh air. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | greased | greases |
| (b) | which | who |
| (c) | an | the |
| (d) | save | saves |
| (e) | been | be |
| (f) | bring | brings |
| (g) | where | whereas |
| (h) | tearing | torn |
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EXERCISE-11
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 | ||
| Developed on India over 5000 years | e.g. | on | in |
| On August 5, 1996 Leander Paes becomes the first | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| Indian to won an individual medal in | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| 44 years when he defeated Fernando of Brazil on | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| an excited match at Atlanta. Leander’s father | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| have won a bronze medal in the Munich | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| Olympic 1972 in hockey. But Leander gets | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| it in a individual event. Later, he dedicated | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| the medal for his coach for helping him out. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | becomes | become |
| (b) | won | win |
| (c) | on | in |
| (d) | excited | exciting |
| (e) | have | had |
| (f) | gets | got |
| (g) | a | an |
| (h) | for | to |
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EXERCISE-12
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 | ||
| In the last ‘bur decades, their has been | e.g. | their | there |
| a very significance rise in the number of | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| lower middle and middle class woman | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| who seek employment for supplement their | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| household income. While there are little | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| doubt that women from the lower ranks of society has to work |
(e) | ………… | ………… |
| in the fields or on petty jobs to sustain | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| themself and their families, there were | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| strong objections to allow women to step out off | (h) | ………… | ………… |
| the house to earn a living. |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | significance | significant |
| (b) | woman | women |
| (c) | for | to |
| (d) | are | is |
| (e) | has | have |
| (f) | on | in |
| (g) | themself/ were | themselves/are |
| (h) | off | of |
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EXERCISE-13
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 | ||
| If you likes hiking or motor biking | e.g. | likes | like |
| the quaint little town of Lachung | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| nestled among the snow-cap peaks of | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| the middle Himalayas might just been the | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| perfect choice. A best way to get to | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| Lachung are to take a train or fly to | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| Gangtok and than hire a cab to take | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| you to the village. Keep on mind | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| that accommodation facilities are basic-there is | (h) | ………… | ………… |
| only three hotels, and a lone resort. |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | the | a |
| (b) | snow | capped |
| (c) | been | be |
| (d) | A | the |
| (e) | are | is |
| (f) | than | then |
| (g) | on | in |
| (h) | is | are |
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EXERCISE-14
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 | ||
| Owls are predators-they hunted the food | e.g. | hunted | hunt |
| that they eat. Owls hunt for mice and another | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| small mammals, insects or even fish. | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| Owls are well adapt for hunting. | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| Their soft, fluffy feathers makes their flight | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| nearly silence. They have very | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| good hearing, who helps them | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| to hunt well on the darkness. The sharp | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| hooked beaks and claws of the owl makes It | (h) | ………… | ………… |
| very easy to tear apart the prey quickly. |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | another | other |
| (b) | or | and |
| (c) | adapt for | adapted to |
| (d) | makes | make |
| (e) | silence | silent |
| (f) | who | which |
| (g) | on | in |
| (h) | makes | make |
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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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first has been done for you as an example.
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | ||
| The greenhouse affect makes the earth | e.g. | ………… | ………… |
| appropriate for peoples to live on. | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| Without it, the earth should be freezing, | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| or on the another hand it would be | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| burning hot. It would be freezing on | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| night and burning during the day. Although the greenhouse effect make |
(e) | ………… | ………… |
| the earth able to have people living in it, | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| if there gets to be many gas, the earth | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| will get unusually warmer, and much plants, | (h) | ………… | ………… |
| animals and people will die. |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | peoples | people |
| (b) | should | would |
| (c) | another | other |
| (d) | on | at |
| (e) | make | makes |
| (f) | in | on |
| (g) | gas | gases |
| (h) | much | many |
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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 your answer sheet against the correct blank number. The first has been done for you as an example.
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | ||
| Our independence in 1947 is won against the backdrop in the great | e.g. | is | was |
| Gandhiji emphasize | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| that the first and foremost duty of independence India |
(b) | ………… | ………… |
| was to create a environment | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| which enabled every Indian for earn his or her daily |
(d) | ………… | ………… |
| bread. Gandhiji was against making people beggar |
(e) | ………… | ………… |
| and that was why he stressed the need for opportunities to earn rather then |
(f) | ………… | ………… |
| give in food on grounds of | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| charity and patronage. | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answer
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | |
| (a) | in | of |
| (b) | emphasize | emphasized |
| (c) | independence | independent |
| (d) | a | an |
| (e) | for | to |
| (f) | beggar | beggars |
| (g) | then | than |
| (h) | in | away |
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Exercise-17
Below is a dialogue between two friends. Each line contains an error. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided.
Answer :
It’s no good, Ramesh. I can’t find it nowwhere. anywhere
Where have you put it yesterday? Think carefully, did
Well, I put it on the drawer first of all because in
I thought it could be safe.,Then Anu said that it would
was a silly place so I put it over the floor where on
everyone could see it. But I fell on it! After that over
I noticed the top was broke so I repaired it and broken
put it someone else. Then I was so tired that Anu somewhere
suggests I had a cool drink. suggested
B: If I were you, I would look in a fridge. the
A: Hey! You’re right… it’s in the fridge. I should must
have left them there when I got my drink. Thanks! It
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Exercise-18
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 | ||
| A curious thing about the developed of | (a) | ……….. | ……….. |
| a motion picture is that the first groups of | (b) | ……….. | ……….. |
| people who made it possible wasn’t interested | (c) | ……….. | ……….. |
| in movies at all! The first inventions were make by | (d) | ……….. | ……….. |
| men who wanting to study the movement of animals | (e) | ……….. | ……….. |
| Even Thomas Edison, which perfected a device | (f) | ……….. | ……….. |
| called ‘kinetoscope’ in 1893, think of it . | (g) | ……….. | ……….. |
| only as a curiosity. But there were another people | (h) | ……….. | ……….. |
| who saw great possibilities with entertainment | (i) | ……….. | ……….. |
| in this invention and they began to make movies. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | developed | development |
| (b) | groups | group |
| (c) | wasn’t | weren’t |
| (d) | make | made |
| (e) | wanting | want |
| (f) | which | who |
| (g) | think | thought |
| (h) | another | other |
| (i) | with | of |