3. Rewrite the following sentences removing the error, if any : 5x1=5
(a) When not used, all spare equipments
should be put away:
(b) You can expect a flood in November in Southern India.
(c)There is a mail for you at the office.
(d) Avantika sits besides me in class while Sita sits behind me.
e) She has just went to the meeting at the Municipal hall.
Answers
Answer:
The correct answers are given below
(a) When not used, all spare equipments
should be put away:
Correct answer: When not used, all spare equipment should be put away.
Explanation: equipments plural form is incorrect.
(b) You can expect a flood in November in Southern India.
Correct answer :You can expect floods in November in Southern India.
Explanation: plural form floods should be used.
(c)There is a mail for you at the office.
Correct answer: There is mail for you at the office.
Explanation : The article 'a' is used incorrectly.
(d) Avantika sits besides me in class while Sita sits behind me.
Correct answer : Avantika sits besides me whereas Sita sits behind me in the class.
Explanation : whereas is the appropriate word.
e) She has just went to the meeting at the Municipal hall.
Correct answer : She has just gone to the meeting at the Municipal hall.
Explanation : gone is the correct word.
Answer:
a) When not used, all spare equipment should be put away. Here
equipments cannot be used as a plural form.
b) You can expect flood in November in South India. Here, flood cannot
be counted in a number and South India is the appropriate term.
c) There is mail for you at the office. Here, mail is not countable and then
it should have been written as ‘a letter’.
d) Avantika sits beside me in class whereas Sita sits behind me. Here,
‘besides’ is a wrong word in this sentence and ‘whereas’ is more
appropriate.
e) She has just gone to the meeting at the Municipal hall. Here, ‘gone’
is the past participle form of ‘go’.