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 | ||
| A new Guineas World has been set with the | e.g. | With | for |
| largest performing rock band in China before | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| 953 musicians did a show together—most | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| twice the previous record. There was | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| six different music sections from the band, | (d) | …………… | …………… |
| including 349 singer, 154 guitarists, 151 drummers, | (e) | …………… | …………… |
| 101 basists, 100 keyboards players and 98 wind | (f) | …………… | …………… |
| instruments. The band with The Beijing Contemporary | (g) | …………… | …………… |
| Music Academy was lead by singer-songwriter Cui Jian. | (h) | …………… | …………… |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | before | after |
| (b) | most | almost |
| (c) | was | were |
| (d) | from | to |
| (e) | singer | singers |
| (f) | keyboards | keyboard |
| (g) | with | from |
| (h) | lead | led |
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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 | ||
| Geoffrey Chaucer is consider by many | e.g: | consider | considered |
| to be the ‘Father for English Literature’ and | (a) | ……………. | ……………. |
| the greatest poet of the Middle Ages. Borne | (b) | ……………. | ……………. |
| around 1343, he is the most famous in | (c) | ……………. | ……………. |
| The Canter Bury Tales, a series of story | (d) | ……………. | ……………. |
| (mostly in verse) based on a group of pilgrim | (e) | ……………. | ……………. |
| travelling with the shrine of Thomas Backet. | (f) | ……………. | ……………. |
| The pilgrims has a story-telling competition, | (g) | ……………. | ……………. |
| resulting in each of the tale being called by | (h) | ……………. | ……………. |
| the character telling them. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | for | of |
| (b) | Borne | Born |
| (c) | in | for |
| (d) | story | stories |
| (e) | pilgrim | pilgrims |
| (f) | with | to |
| (g) | has | have |
| (h) | tale | tales |
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