Question

SPOT THE ERROR
Error Correction
I was awakened by any sound in the room, and I a. ______ ________
instantly rose myself upon my elbow on the bed. b.________ ________
The square patch upon the wall have slid down. c._________ _________
At first I could see nothing. Then to my horrible, d._________ __________
there was something moved slowly out of the wall. e._______ _________
I saw a human figure walking quiet towards the shelf. f.______ _________
He examines each jar on it with attention and passed g._______ ________
on to the next. Then he faced me and simply vanish. h.________ _______

Answer 1

a) any - a

b) upon - on

c) Have - had

d) Horrible - horror

e) moved - moving

f) quiet - quietly

g) examines - examined

h) vanish - vanished

Explanation:

• The first sentence contains an article error where 'any' will be replaced with 'a' to denote a singular item.
• The next sentence contains a prepositional error as 'upon' shows something that is physically above which is inappropriate to the context. It will be replaced with 'on' meaning 'positioned at the upper surface of.'
• The given passage is written in the past tense and thus, the present verbs like 'have', 'examines', 'vanish' will be changed to the past.
• The noun 'horrible' will be replaced by 'horror' as per the meaning of the sentence.
• The adjective 'quiet' will be converted to adverb 'quietly' as it modifies the verb.
• And 'moved' will be altered to the participle 'moving' as it modifies the noun 'something.'

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Answer 2

Explanation:

I was awakened by a sound in the room, and i instantly rose at my elbow on the bed.

The Square patch upon the wall has slid down.

At first, I could not see anything. Then to my surprise, there was something moving slowly out of the wall.

I saw a human figure walking quiet towards the shelf.

He examined each jar on it with attention and passed onto the next. Then he faced me and simply vanished.