Question

III.
The following paragraph has two errors. Edit the paragraph and rewrite it in the
answer booklet :
2 x1 = 2
17.
Hemanth moved to the edge of the compound to pluck flowers. He last
balance, fell down but broke his leg.
a) Spelling mistake to be corrected.
b) Conjunction to be corrected.​

Answer 1

Answer:

last will be lost

but will be and

Answer 2

Answer:

The errors in the given paragraph and their corrections, are:

1. spelling of "last" to be corrected with "lost"
2. conjunction "but" to be corrected with "and"

Explanation:

The given paragraph has the following errors and correcting them would provide us with:

1. we need to correct spelling of "last" with "lost"
2. conjunction "but" is to be corrected with "and"

"Hemanth moved to the edge of the compound to pluck flowers. He lost balance, fell down and broke his leg."

The portion mentioning '2x1 =2' in the question is the marks awarded for correct answer, thereby is not the part of the given paragraph.