II. Find ten mistakes in the text given below and spot errors and provide correct answers in
this paragraph
In some street there is a two-way street for cars, but others are one-
way streets. Streets goes across rivers on bridges which span them. Pedestrians walk on the pavement;
whenever they want to cross they had better used zebracrossings or they will got into trouble with the
police. Drivers must stopped their cars at once whenever they seen people on pedestrian crossings, so
as to gave them right of way. Trafic in cities is controled by means of traffic lights and by policeman in
order to prevent traffic jams or congestion.
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Answers
1. Error - street
Correction - streets
Reason ---- Here we are specified that there are a number of streets by the quantifier (some). So , here we will use the plural form of the word street.
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2. Error - goes
Correction - go
Reason ---- Here we are told that there are many streets. So , we won't use the third person form of (go) , which is (goes). As goes is only used with second person. Hence we use here go.
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3. Error - got
Correction - get
Reason ---- (will) define future tense. So, we will use get in future form instead of got which is in past form.
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4. Error - stopped
Correction - stop
Reason ---- Here also there is a sense of things happening in future. So , we will use stop in its future form instead of stopped which is in past form.
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5. Error - gave
Correction - give
Reason ---- Here there is a sense of future . So , we will use give in future form instead of gave which is in past form.
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6. Error - policeman
Correction - policemen
Reason --- Traffic control is done by policemen which is in plural form.
Answer:. Error- Correction
1.) street – streets
2.) goes – go
3.) want– wanted
4.) used – use
5.) got – get
6.) stopped – stop
7.) seen – see
8.) gave – give
9.) Trafic – traffic
10.) controled – controlled
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