Question

The following paragraph has not been edited. there is one error in each line. write the error and its correction as shown in the example. .

incorrect correct



in the prisoners room a candle is e.g. is was



burning dimly. a prisoner himself (a)................. ............ sat by the table. only him back,(b).............. ..................... the hair by his head ,and his (c)................ ....................... hands are visible from outside (d)................ ........

Answer 1

I am not very sure of the words, the sentences and the context that has been given. So, I am going to just pick up the words from the given clues and make a meaningful paragraph.

The corrected sentence should be - In the prisoner's room, a candle was burning dimly. The prisoner was sitting by himself by the table. Only his hair on the back of his head and his hands were visible from the outside.

Answer 2

1)

a) a - the

b) him - his

c) by - on

d) are - were