Question

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each marked line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example. Error Correction I went to the pool then no one e.g. then when was there. The place being quiet. (a)——- ——- A water was still, and the tiled (b)——- ——- the bottom was so white and clean (c)——- ——- as a bathtub. I was timid for going in alone. (d)——- ——-

Answer 1

Answer:

a) being, was

b) A , the

c) so, as

d) for , of

Answer 2

Writing the error and its correction :

The place was quiet. The water was still, and the tiled bottom was as white and clean as a bathtub. I was timid of going in alone.

(a) being, was

(b) a, the

(c) so, as

(d) for, of

• In (a), the wrong word is 'being', replaced with the corrected word 'was'.

• In (b), the wrong word is 'a', and its correction is 'the'.

• In (c), the wrong word is 'so', corrected as 'as'.

• In (d), the wrong word is 'for', corrected with the word 'of'.