Exercise-63
The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| A city of Venice attracts many a traveler, | (a) | ……………. | ……………. |
| as it lie sparkling in the sunshine, | (b) | ……………. | ……………. |
| its buildings reflecting in the waters | (c) | ……………. | ……………. |
| of the canals. There are much beautiful churches, | (d) | ……………. | ……………. |
| places and museums. In fact most of their | (e) | ……………. | ……………. |
| buildings are palaces long ago, so they look | (f) | ……………. | ……………. |
| grand and state. Some of them have been converted into | (g) | ……………. | ……………. |
| museums but libraries. | (h) | ……………. | ……………. |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | A | The |
| (b) | lie | lies |
| (c) | reflecting | reflected |
| (d) | much | many |
| (e) | their | its |
| (f) | are | were |
| (g) | state | stately |
| (h) | but | or |
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Exercise-64
The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| The Egyptians were the first for make paper | (a) | …………… | …………… |
| from a plant calling papyrus. It grew in the | (b) | …………… | …………… |
| delta of River Nita in Africa. For the long time, | (c) | …………… | …………… |
| papyrus continues to be used as writing material. | (d) | …………… | …………… |
| Then the Chinese further perfected | (e) | …………… | …………… |
| an art for making paper. The demand | (f) | …………… | …………… |
| for paper increased while | (g) | …………… | …………… |
| books begin to be printed. | (h) | …………… | …………… |
Answers:-
| Incorrect | Correct | |
| (a) | for | to |
| (b) | calling | called |
| (c) | the | a |
| (d) | continues | continued |
| (e) | an | the |
| (f) | for | of |
| (g) | while | when |
| (h) | begin | began |
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