Q. No. 16 Fdit the following passage correcting the underlined parts.
1. This will invariably affect the development on (a) their creative and intellectual skills. What is particularly
disturb (b) is the influence of television commercials in (c) children. Seventy-five percent of they (d)
love watching ads on TV. In fact, children below 8 enjoy ads more than programmes.
Answers
The given passage can be edited as shown below:
This will invariably affect the development on (a) of
their creative and intellectual skills. What is particularly disturb (b) disturbing
is the influence of television commercials in (c) on
children. Seventy-five percent of they (d) them
love watching ads on TV. In fact, children below 8 enjoy ads more than programmes.
or
The edited passage without mistakes will be written as shown below. The edited words are in bold.
The given passage can be edited as shown below:
This will invariably affect the development of
their creative and intellectual skills. What is particularly disturbing
is the influence of television commercials on
children. Seventy-five percent of them
love watching ads on TV. In fact, children below 8 enjoy ads more than programmes.