The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. The first one is done as an example . Incorrect Correct The next day during an break e.g., an a when all the teacher and students a) _________ _________ was eating their snacks, the mother b)_________ _________ left the school building hurrily. c)__________ _________ The boy saw him walking d)__________ __________ quickly from of the school gate e)___________ __________ when he was drunk water after f)__________ __________ his meal and wonder where g)_________ __________ his mother is going. h) _________ ___________
Answers
a. was. were
b hurrily. hurriedly
c. him. her.
d. of. --
e. drunk. drinking
f. wonder. wondered.
g. is. was.
Answer :
Cambridge English Dictionary defines "edit" as "to make changes to a text, film, etc., correcting mistakes or removing some parts, especially in order to prepare it for being printed or shown."
The purpose of editing exercises is to make students proficient in proof reading by helping them to identify and correct errors in a text.
Incorrect Correct
a) teacher teachers
b) was were
c) hurrily hurriedly
d) him her
e) from out
f) drunk drinking
g) wonder wondered
h) is was