Editing Exercise-1
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction as given below.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The El Nino weather effect has had a damaged impact | e.g. | damaged | damaging |
| marine life throughout Asia. In some Asian waters | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| which have play host to large number of sea horses, | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| the factor of red tides have killed huge quantities | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| of fish and another marine life by depriving them Of oxygen. | (d) | …………… | …………… |
| The red tides are so called because tiny are compose of | (e) | …………… | …………… |
| vast amount of dead algae which float on the surface and | (f) | …………… | …………… |
| forming a reddish hue. Recent red tides near Hong Kong virtualIy wiped out | (g) | …………… | …………… |
| the local mark of fish on weeks. | (h) | …………… | …………… |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | in | on |
| (b) | Play | played |
| (c) | have | has |
| (d) | another | other |
| (e) | compose | composed |
| (f) | float | floats |
| (g) | forming | forms |
| (h) | on | for |
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Editing Exercise-2
The following passage have not been edited- There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. The first one has been done for you.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Once upon the time two crows | e.g. | the | a |
| had the nest in a tree. | (a) | ………… | ………… |
| Any snake also lived | (b) | ………… | ………… |
| in a hollow | (c) | ………… | ………… |
| trunk of this tree. | (d) | ………… | ………… |
| When few crows flew | (e) | ………… | ………… |
| away for food, some snake | (f) | ………… | ………… |
| would creep to his nest | (g) | ………… | ………… |
| and eat little of the eggs daily | (h) | ………… | ………… |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | the | a |
| (b) | Any | A |
| (c) | a | the |
| (d) | this | that |
| (e) | few | the |
| (f) | some | a |
| (g) | his | their |
| (h) | little | some |
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Editing 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 | ||
| A recently research shows that in moderation, | eg. | recently | recent |
| coffee can be actually best for you and, | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| Pie stronger the coffee, the great | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| are the beneficial effects. For years, the focus on coffee has been in | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| its potential adverse affects. | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| But now there is strong scientific reason of enjoying your coffee. | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| Coffee is the complex mixture of chemicals, | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| included the significant amounts of caffeine. | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| Instant coffee has much little caffeine than | (h) | …….. | …….. |
| percolated or filtered coffee. |
Answers–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | best | good |
| (b) | great | greater |
| (c) | in | on |
| (d) | affects | affect |
| (e) | of | for |
| (f) | the | a |
| (g) | included | including |
| (h) | little | less |
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Editing 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 | ||
| Ever wondered what goes in the making | e.g. | in | into |
| of a beautiful smile? The crafters of the smile, experienced dentists, used a variety of modern | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| techniques for craft that million dollar | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| One of the first step is smile | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| analysis, who helps dentists determine the | (d) | …….. | …….. |
| proper aesthetics of the smile to being | (e) | …….. | …….. |
| It is imperative to a dentist | (f) | …….. | …….. |
| to understood the intricacies of smile design | (g) | …….. | …….. |
| so that the desired result can be achieve. | (h) | …….. | …….. |
Answers–
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | used | use |
| (b) | for | to |
| (c) | step | steps |
| (d) | who | which |
| (e) | being | be |
| (f) | to | for |
| (g) | understood | understand |
| (h) | achieve | achieved |
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EDITING PASSAGE – 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 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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EDITING PASSAGE- 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 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-7
There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct one against the corresponding blanks:
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| When a doctor heal your body, you saw your body | (a) | …………. | …………. |
| as a carry of the life-energy through | (b) | …………. | …………. |
| who you would possibly read a good poem, | (c) | …………. | …………. |
| listen to a good songs, see a good film, study a | (d) | …………. | …………. |
| book of religion or philosophy. If there are nothing | (e) | …………. | …………. |
| higher to pursue, what did you did with a perfectly | (f) | …………. | …………. |
| medicated body? If not good film is produced, | (g) | …………. | …………. |
| what do you do with the grant design of a | (h) | …………. | …………. |
| cinema hall that the engineer built? | (i) | …………. | …………. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | carry | carrier |
| (b) | who | which |
| (c) | songs | song |
| (d) | are | is |
| (e) | did | do |
| (f) | not | no |
| (g) | grant | grand |
| (h) | built | builds |
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Exercise-8
There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correct one against the corresponding blanks:
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Physics are also about wonder and curiosity; | |||
| and the more you understand it a more you | (a) | ………….. | ………….. |
| have a sense to gratitude and reverence — to use | (b) | ………….. | ………….. |
| Tagore’s musical words, you are privilege to find | (c) | ………….. | ………….. |
| yourself amidst that extraordinary universe and | (d) | ………….. | ………….. |
| trying to found how things happen around you. | (e) | ………….. | ………….. |
| If Physics is reconciled with his poetry, | (f) | ………….. | ………….. |
| science would acquired a new meaning; it would | (g) | ………….. | ………….. |
| not be reduced onto just instrumental technology. | (h) | ………….. | ………….. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | a | the |
| (b) | to | of |
| (c) | privilege | privileged |
| (d) | that | this |
| (e) | found | find |
| (f) | his | this |
| (g) | acquired | acquire |
| (h) | onto | into |
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Exercise- 9
In the following paragraph there is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The circus-manager was worried. Attendance had being | (a) | ……….. | ……….. |
| falling off. Such people who did come sat about listlessly, | (b) | ……….. | ……….. |
| munching sweets or sucking ices, sometimes talk to each | (c) | ……….. | ……….. |
| other without as much as glancing at the show. The clowns’ | (d) | ……….. | ……….. |
| jokes fell flat, for they were the kind of jokes that use to | (e) | ……….. | ……….. |
| raise a laugh before 1939. The audience were too | (f) | ……….. | ……….. |
| sophisticated, even the children were. They seem to have | (g) | ……….. | ……….. |
| seen or heard all this before. These worried the manager | (h) | ……….. | ……….. |
| more than anything and he felt weakly all through his body. | (i) | ……….. | ……….. |
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Exercise-10
In the following paragraph, there is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done for you as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The old man remained dream in the sun. His kite-shop | |||
| had gone, the premises having been sell many years | (a) | …………. | …………. |
| ago to a junkdealer. Though he still made kites for his | (b) | …………. | …………. |
| own amusement and so playthings for his grandson, Ali. | (c) | …………. | …………. |
| He has been well known in the prime of his | (d) | …………. | …………. |
| life for have made a ‘dragon kite’. Then some of his | (e) | …………. | …………. |
| kites were sold for so much as three or four annas. | (f) | …………. | …………. |
| The ‘dragon kite’ had been launched in the present of | (g) | …………. | …………. |
| the then Nawab. A large crowd had assembled to watch his | (h) | …………. | …………. |
| first public launching. This was his wonderful achievement. | (i) | …………. | …………. |
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Editing 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 the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Evans decides to return to the | (a) | ……… | ……… |
| hotel and have a early night. A | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| smart new hat conceals the wreckage | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| with his closely cropped hair. | (d) | ……… | ……… |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | decides | decided |
| (b) | a | an |
| (c) | conceals | concealed |
| (d) | with | on |
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Editing 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 the space provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Boys who have never fight | (a) | ……… | ……… |
| each other in the class is today | (b) | ……… | ……… |
| bitterly annoyed or fearful. | |||
| Even during a Holi festival the school | (c) | ……… | ……… |
| has been peaceful. | (d) | ……… | ……… |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | fight | fought |
| (b) | is | are |
| (c) | a | the |
| (d) | has been | is |
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