Question

Edit the following passage.
He stood in front of his house on the hill opposite the mountain, and gazed across the valley, dreaming of (1) a river. (2) he was about twelve years old, a (3) stardy boy, with untidy black hair and shining black eyes. He was (4) barefoot, not because he couldn't afford shoes, but because he liked the feel (5) on warm stones and cool grass.​

Answer 1

Here is the edited passage. Each error corrected has been underlined.

He stood in front of his house on the hill opposite the mountain, and gazed across the valley, dreaming of (1) the river. (2) He was about twelve years old, a (3) sturdy boy, with untidy black hair and shining black eyes. He was (4) barefooted, not because he couldn't afford shoes, but because he liked the feel (5) of warm stones and cool grass.​

Answer 2

After editing the passage is:

He stood in front of his house on the hill opposite the mountain, and gazed across the valley dreaming of

1) The river. 2) He was about twelve years old, 3) Sturdy boy, with tidy black hair and shining black eyes.

He was barefoot, not because he couldn't afford shoes but because he liked the feel. 5) Of warm stones and cool grass.

- In this passage, we corrected the errors with appropriate words, articles.

- In English, there is a rule that every sentence should start with a capital letter.

- We need to use right past form of verbs and construct a meaningful sentence.

- And lastly we need to use simple present tense for habitual actions.