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The document contains a series of exercises focused on identifying grammatical errors in sentences, along with providing corrections. Each exercise includes a specific sentence with an error and a format for presenting the error and its correction. The document concludes with a list of answers corresponding to the identified errors and their corrections.
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1. Select the opti i - i |
ime coe etna ecu the error and supplies the correction for the following
Every year, Muslim i e i
ae We = ae intellectuals comes out of the woodwork to use the festival to prove
j int, embracing and respectful they are towards Hindus.
Option No. Error Correction
ns
every each
B: out of
c. the a
D. comes come
2, Identify the error in the given sentence, from a newspaper report and supply the
correction.
The university level textbooks are being translated and published in all the 2° languages
of Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India over the scheme ‘Establishment of Centre
for Endangered Languages in Central Universities’.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
3. Identify the error spotted from a local newspaper and supply the correction required:
Girls block highway over fee hike and late night session.
The protest against the college administration was organised by hostel girls from Agatha
Hostel in Jaipur.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
4, Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following
line, from a health journal:
any people are rethinking there jobs;
from work.
Ata time when m: they should also be thinking
about their quality of life awayie ten ak
when
———G, there er
= their ae icre mam
5. Identify the error in the given sentence, from a newspaper report and supply 4,
ion. . Sol. ; ’ .
the government's image.
Use the given format for your response.
— Correction ]
6. Identify the error spotted from a local newspaper and supply the correction requireq,
Pilgrims Airlifted a
‘A Assam government has made arrangements to get the pilgrims airlifted and provid,
all necessary items.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
7. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following
line, from a news report:
Electronic devices and screens are part of our daily lives. However, these screens havea |
very harmful affect on both children as well as adults.
Option No. Error Correction
| A have has
| B. however moreover |
c. affect effect |
D. on over
8. Identify the error in the given sentence, from an e-magazine report and supply the |
correction.
Over time, our work with people have supported community efforts and led w |
transformative social and environmental results. |
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
9. Identity the error spotted from a local newspaper and supply the correcdion required:
Atrocities Against Women
Domestic violence is yet another term who is co,
and are considered to be the inferior strata of I
mmon in our country as women were
uman society, |Use the given format for your response.
Error
10, Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following
line.
y was walking through the station on my way to work when I heard a huge explosion,
and then all hell breaks loose.
Option No. ~~ Correction
A. coy walked
BS through near
cs to for
De breaks broke
1. Identify the error in the given sentence, from a report in a magazine and suppl}
correction.
peer pressure is a phenomenon wherein we tend to get influence by the lifestyle an
ways of thinking of our peers.
Use the given format for your response.
y the
d the
Error "Correction
12, Identify the error spotted from a local newspaper and supply the correction required:
Smoke in cabin, SpiceJet flight makes emergency landing at Hyderabad
ASpiceJet flight operating from Goa to Hyderabad on Thursday made an emergency
landing at it’s destination following smoke in the aircraft.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
18, Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following
line, from a health report:
sore throat its important to keep your throat moistened to protect
When you have a
event your throat from drying out.
delicate mucus membranes and pr
Option No. Error Correction
A have a _has
B. keep kept
G prevent prevents
D. its _ it’sthe correction requirey,
14, Identify the error spotted in a local newspaper and supply the cor =
Is Online Schooling helpful for Specially Able
i tudents. Yet, even as ‘nor,
Itturned out to be understandably difficult for the ee pista anes
children struggled to come to terms with the new arrang ie
i dren.
same also become a huge challenge for the specially-abled childres
Use the given format for your response.
E Correction
irror
i tion for the follow,
15. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correc owing
line, from a health report: :
The incidence of malaria have reduced in the city.
Option No. Error corres,
A incidence incident
B. have has
C. reduced reduction
D. in Gul
16. Identify the error in the newspaper headline. ;
Attractive packages for different tourist destination ~ Mizoram, Kashmir, Kerala, Gog
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
17. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction:
The introduction of traditional sports in school has led to exciting among the students,
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
18. Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the correction for the following
line:
My sister lives at the ground floor of a two-storeyed apartment and hates living there.
Option No. Error Correction
A. live living
B. at on
Cc. hates hate
D. there their
19. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correctio:
Do you know that slouchin,
i§ should cause many problems?
Use the given format for your response.select the option that identifie,
following sentence: i
rears ago, kids
Twenty years ago, kids at school had never even heard of the i
ae card of the internet.
eal
Option No. =
A - ==
B® years
|— at Fi |
: had have |
: the it
1. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction:
/ Behind every success film, there is a lengthy et process. :
Error |
Use the given format for your response.
7
_ Correction
Success
Successfih
|_eeel
49, Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction:
‘The evil of begging is very common into our country.
Use the given format for your response.
Error
Correction
Select the option that identifies the error and supplies the cor
rrection for the
* following line, from a news report:
Yesterday, two man were rescued from a deep sewer by a policeman.
OptionNo. | Error Correction
A. man men
B. rescued rescue
ret from. for
s by in
24. Identify the error in the given sentence from a school magazine report and supply the
correction:
hood days.
When I was a child, my grand
Use the given format for your ¥
ol
esponse.
her often repetition the story of her child!
Error
Correction
ico eS25. Select the option that identifies the error and suPP
following line:
Rahul along with his cousins are leaving for sea. a
OptionNo. | Error lorrect
A. along belong
5 with within
G. are os
Dz ae ao
26. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction:
The dog has eaten his food before the trainer arrived.
Use the given format for your response.
Error Correction
27. Identify the error in the statement given below and supply t
the given format for your response:
Water was vital to human health and fitness.
Use the given format for your response.
he correction.
ies the correction for ¢,,
Use
Error’ Correction
Answers
EDITING
Error Correction Error Correction
1. D. comes come 2. over under
3. from of 4. C. there their
5. is has been 6. A The
7. C. affect effect 8. have has
9. who which 10. D. breaks broke
11. influence influenced 12. it's its
13. D. its it’s 14. become became
15. B. have has 16. destination destinations
17. exciting excitement 18, B. at on
19. should could 20. B. at in
21. success successful 22. into in
23. A. man men 24. repetition repeated
25.C. are is 26. has had
27. was