The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error along with the
correction. Do not forget to underline the correction.
Last night a dozen armed men enter a house. (a) _______
They were arm with sticks. First they (b) _______
Attack the owner. When he resisted, he © _______
Was beat up with the sticks. They (d) _______
Loots cash and ornaments. They had . € _______
Lock him in a bathroom. (f) _______
Answers
Answer:
In part [a], the use of the preposition 'in' is incorrect as the subject 'I' is going to pick the motorbike and not riding it. So, 'to' would be the correct replacement of 'in'.
In part [b], the use of the pronoun 'he' is incorrect as the sentence is in first person 'I' and not third person 'he'. Also, the passage has only a single character and that is 'I'. So, "I" should be the correct replacement of 'he'.
In part [c], the use of 'about' is incorrect. "About" should be replaced with 'for' as we 'search for something' and not 'search about something'.
In part [d], 'and' is incorrect. The correct replacement for 'and' would be 'but'. The use of 'but' helps explain the situation more clearly that even though a bank employee helped search for the key; the key was still not found.