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Grammar
The following paragraphs have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error,
along with the correction, in the space provided. The first one has been done for you as an
example (4 marks):

Error Correction

1. The International Monetary Fund maintain eg. maintain maintains

its forecast on weak global growth and (a) ________ ________

warned that further stagnation did fuel (b) ________ ________

more populist sentiment for trade and (c) ________ ________

immigration that would stifled activity, (d) ________ ________

productivity and innovation. In the late update (e) ________ ________

of their World Economic Outlook, the IMF (f) ________ ________

said a dropped in US growth for 2016 (g) ________ ________

is due too a weak first – half performance (h) ________ ________

Error Correction

2. In the last four decades, there have been a very eg. have has

significant rise in the numbers of lower middle and (a) ________ ________

middle class woman who seek employment to (b) ________ ________

supplemented their household income. While there is (c) ________ ________

little doubt that women from the lower rank of the (d) ________ ________

society have always had working in the fields or in petty (e) ________ ________

jobs to sustain themselves or their families, there (f) ________ ________

were strong objections and a marked reluctance

between the middle class to allow women to step out of (g) ________ ________

a house to earn a living. (h) ________ ________

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3. Error Correction
There is nothing much selfish eg. much more
you can do than come for work sick. (a) ________ ________
You may get a golden star for show (b) ________ ________
your sniffling face with the office (c) ________ ________
and soldiering for the workday to (d) ________ ________
provide your value – but everyone (e) ________ ________
around you just get sick. You are (f) ________ ________
a inconsiderate work hazard, when (g) ________ ________
you brought your infectious illness to work (h) ________ ________

4. Error Correction
Traditionally, the festival of Holi is told to _________ ___________
mark a beginning of summer. While ___________ ___________
there are some people who rise a cheer ___________ ___________
at that prospect, the rest of us neither sigh ___________ ___________
resignedly or contemplate suicide, and begin to ___________ ___________
hunt out our cottons, servicing all our cooling ___________ ___________
devices, hang in the silks, and preparing to ___________ ___________
endure the season for heat, dust and sweat. ___________ ___________

In the following paragraph, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word,
along with the words that come before and after it (4 marks):

A. Before Missing After

We get all kinds information via magazines eg. kinds of information
and newspaper. We come to know various anti -(a) ________ ________ ________
social happenings the print media and (b) ________ ________ ________
are able keep ourselves alert. We also read (c) ________ ________ ________
about the rise fall of certain politicians, (d) ________ ________ ________
cricket matches, the state the stock exchange (e) ________ ________ ________
and various kinds jobs available. The amount (f) ________ ________ ________
of information that we can gather a newspaper (g) ________ ________ ________
is enormous. Read the whole newspaper (h) ________ ________ ________
completely would take hours.
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B. Before Missing After

Dhyan Chand however died penniless uncared penniless and uncared
for in a hospital, receiving meagre pension. _______ _______ ______
He was very sad see India finish seventh at _______ _______ ______
the Montreal Olympics, 1976. When he was the _______ _______ ______
deathbed at AIIMS, he reportedly told doctor _______ _______ ______
that Indian hockey dying. He then went into _______ _______ ______
coma died in 1979. A year after his death, _______ _______ ______
the Indian Postal Service issued commemorative _______ _______ ______
stamp in honour. In addition, Dhyan Chand National _______ _______ ______
Stadium in New Delhi is named after him.

C. Before Missing After

It was my second year boarding school ______ ______ ______
and was sitting on platform no. 8 at ______ ______ ______
Ambala station waiting the north – bound train. ______ ______ ______
I think I was about twelve at time. My ______ ______ ______
parents considered me old to travel alone, ______ ______ ______
and I arrived by bus Ambala early in ______ ______ ______
the evening; now there was a wait midnight ______ ______ ______
before my train arrived. Most the time I had ______ ______ ______
been pacing up and down the platform.
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