The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write
the error and its correction. (Any three) (3 marks)
Error
Correction
People of diverse culture lives
(a).............. ...............
together in India. There is many
(b).............. ................
people who exhibit unity on diversity,
(c)….......... ...............
They celebrated different festivals together
(d) ............. ...............
Answers
Answer:
Robinson used to spent (1) ____________ ____________
hours gazing on merchant ships. (2) ____________ ____________
His father wanted him to being (3) ____________ ____________
a lawyer but he wanted to exploring (4) ____________ ____________
the world in one of that sailing ships. (5) ____________ ____________
Answer (Errors – Correction)
spent – spend
on – at
being – be
exploring – explore
that – those
Q. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction.
Neil Armstrong was the commander for Apollo 11.
He was the first to walk over (1) ____________ ____________
the moon. What many people do not knew (2) ____________ ____________
is that unlike most of their fellow (3) ____________ ____________
astronauts, he was the civilian (d) ____________ ____________
and not part of the military.
Answer (Errors – Correction)
over – on
knew – know
their – his
the – a
Q. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction:
According to tradition Gautam Buddha sit (1) ____________ ____________
in mediation in the Bo tree at (2) ____________ ____________
Bodh Gaya. Unfortunately an original tree (3) ____________ ____________
has disappeared and is replace (4) ____________ ____________
through a successor – the Peepal tree. (5) ____________ ____________
Answer (Errors – Correction)
sit – sat
in – under
an – the
replace – replaced
through – by
Q. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction.
Walt Disney was our hero. He (1) __________ __________
left me a legacy that can (2) __________ __________
be enjoy time and again. He (3) __________ __________
knew who to entertain us so well. (4) __________ __________
He developed a process in (5) __________ __________
creating animated films.
Answer (Errors – Correction)
was – is
me – us
enjoy – enjoyed
who – how
in – of
Q. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each marked line. Write the error and its correction:
Answer:
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d)They celebrate different festivals together