Question

Q.3 The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the indicated lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. (Marks: 3)

Incorrect Correct



Mark Twain, who had earn a reputation (a) ………… ……………

as a humour writer, get an invitation to (b)…………. ………………..

address the public meeting. He reaches the city (c) …………. ………………

on the day of meeting. When he reached there (d) …………. …………..

, he does not find even a single person. He (e) …………. …………….

Realized that the joke is on him. (f)…………….. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) Incorrect word: earn

correction: Mark Twain, who had earned a reputation

(b) Incorrect word: get

correction: as a humour writer, got an invitation to

(c) Incorrect word: reaches

correction: address the public meeting. He reached the city

(d) Incorrect word: reached

correction: on the day of meeting. When he arrived there

(e) Incorrect word: does

correction: , he did not find even a single person. He

(f) Incorrect word: is

correction: realized that the joke was on him.