plz I want some practice exercises for editing
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★Editing Exercise★
Q) In each of the following sentences you have to remove a word or phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct. Identify that word which needs to be removed.
1. 'Where is Samuel?' 'He was working at outside ten minutes ago'.
a) at
b) outside
c) ago
2. There are more unemployed compared to than ever before.
a) more
b) compared to
c) than
3. My grandfather would used to have an old Rolls Royce.
a) would
b) used to
c) an
4. 'She is in a bad mood.' 'Why not you send her some flowers?'
a) a
b) you
c) some
5. The question is whether the man can be trusted with.
a) whether
b) be
c) with
6. They can't decide whether they should to get married now or wait.
a) whether
b) should
c) to
7. I don't want that woman to come here ever over again.
a) that
b) ever
c) over
8. We are still awaiting for instructions.
a) still
b) awaiting
c) for
9. I have just been given a lovely picture to.
a) been
b) given
c) to
10. We were all bought nice presents for.
a) were
b) all
c) for
11. Do not expect quick results when you start to learning a language.
a) expect
b) quick
c) to
12. You need not have to woken me up.
a) not
b) to
c) up
★Answers★
1. ‘Where is Samuel?’ ‘He was working outside ten minutes ago’.
2. There are more unemployed than ever before.
3. My grandfather used to have an old Rolls Royce.
4. ‘She is in a bad mood.’ ‘Why not send her some flowers?’
5. The question is whether the man can be trusted.
6. They can’t decide whether they should get married now or wait.
7. I don’t want that woman to come here ever again.
8. We are still awaiting instructions.
9. I have just been given a lovely picture.
10. We were all bought nice presents.
11. Do not expect quick results when you start learning a language.
12. You need not have woken me up.
Answer:
Where is Samuel?' 'He was working at outside ten minutes ago