Editing Exercise-71
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 | ||
| An Inter-School Football Match is been | e.g. | been | being |
| organized between our schools and City | (a) | ………. | ………. |
| Montessori School. The match will be playing on | (b) | ………. | ………. |
| 18th March in are school grounds from | (c) | ………. | ………. |
| 5 p.m. onwards. A large crowd of students are | (d) | ………. | ………. |
| expected. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | schools | school |
| (b) | playing | played |
| (c) | are | our |
| (d) | are | is |
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Editing Exercise-72
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 | ||
| The exhaust earth groaned and quivered | e.g. | exhaust | exhausted |
| under the glare of the sun. Spirals in heat rose from the | (a) | …….. | …….. |
| ground on if from molten lava. | (b) | …….. | …….. |
| The lizard crawled in the rock in search of a | (c) | …….. | …….. |
| shady crevice. There seemed no respite in heat. | (d) | …….. | …….. |
Answers:
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | in | of |
| (b) | on | as |
| (c) | crawled in | crawled into |
| (d) | in | from |
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