Question

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheets. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
In 1868 a British scientist name Sir Norman Lockyer was (a) ………………………..
studying the sun with a instrument called‘the spectroscope’. (b) ………………………..

Answer 1

The incorrect words are : name, a

Correct words should be : named, an

The passage will be written as :

In 1868 a British scientist named Sir Norman Lockyer was studying the sun with an instrument called ‘the spectroscope’.

Description of the errors

• As the sentence shows an event which occurred in the past, hence instead of name, named will represent the correct sentence structure.
• As the word, 'instrument' begins with a vowel sound, hence 'an' will be used instead of 'a'.

Answer 2

Answer:

See the explanation.

Explanation:

Here in this question, we are provided with a passage and it is also said that there is an error in each sentence and we are asked to correct that mistake as shown below:

• In 1868 a British scientist name sir Norman Lockyer was (a)  named.

• studying the sun with a instrument called the spectroscope. (b) an

As the passage is given in past tense hence instead of"name" there should be "named". And in the second case, the word instrument begins with the vowel so there should be "an" in place of "a".