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English Grammar - Editing Exercise-1

FROM Madhumita Bhattacharya TO You 

 

Editing Exercise
Exercise 1:

England has been long famous for her dramatist,    a)……………
the greatest of who was William Shakespeare.    b)……………
It is hard to find the educated man in    c)………………
the English speaking world whom has not heard    d)………………
for his name. The actor and playwright    e)……………
born more than 400 years ago had    f)………………
become not only for Englishman but for    g)……………
the whole world chief symbol for    h)………………
British culture. He is a dramatist and a poet.    .


Answers:

a) dramatist- dramatists

b) who - whom

c) the - an

d) whom - who

e) for - of

f) had - has

g) Englishman - Englishmen

h) for - of




Exercise 2:

About a year 1900, a small, dark haired boy    a)……………
name Charles Chaplin was often seen    b)……………
waiting outside the back entrance    c)………………
of London theatres. He looks thin and    d)………………
hungry but his blue eyes was determined.    e)……………
He could sing or dance. His parents    f)………………

were music hall performers but    g)……………

he has been born into the life of    h)………………
the theatre.    .


Answers:

a) a year- the year

b) name – named

c) entrance – entrances

d) looks – looked

e) was – were

f) or – and

g) but – and

h) has - had


Exercise 3:


In April 12, 1961, major Yuri Gagarin    a)……………

become the first man ever to venture    b)……………
in space. He did not know for certain    c)………………

beforehand that he is to be chosen.    d)………………
The Russian had three possible candidates    e)……………
ready but although Gagarin was first    f)………………

in the list, the choice was not definitely    g)……………
made until an early morning of April 12.    h)………………




Answers:


a) in – on

b) become – became

c) in – into

d) is – was

e) Russian – Russians

f) But – and

g) In – on

h) an – the

Exercise 4:


Educationist today are overwhelmingly    a)……………
concern about the future of the youngsters.    b)……………
The common complaint is students doesn’t    c)………………
study; they are not interested. Some blames    d)………………
exposure to the media, others feel that the   
present generation are not serious enough.    e)………………

The CBSE expresses this concern of    f)……………
reviewing the syllabus for time to time. The    g)………………
idea is to build a complete personality of  an individual    h)……………


Answers:
a) educationist – educationists
b) concern – concerned
c) doesn’t – don’t
d) blames – blame
e) are – is
f) of – by
g) for – from
h) a – the


Exercise 5(CBSE paper):

Children love picnics and outings of their parents    a)……………
though they are equally happier doing things with    b)……………
them around the house. A parent may make    c)………………
his child feels special by following some simple    d)………………
rituals. Bedtime stories, the game of cards or    e)
simply talking and laugh together before going to    f)………………
bed - some give children a wonderful sense   
of well-being. they hardly ever forgot these moments    g)…………
and cherish them throughout these lives.    h)……………

Answers:
a)  of - with
b) happier - happy
c) around - in
d) feels - feel
e) the - a
f) laugh - laughing
g) forgot - forget
h) these - their


Exercise 6(CBSE 2007):

Time is very precious than money.    a)……………
Money once lose can be regained,    b)……………

but time once lost was lost forever.    c)………………
Time and tide waits for no one. A    d)………………
Lost opportunities may spoil one’s life.    e)
Those who doesn’t act in time    f)………………
has to repent afterwards. An intelligent    g).........
student prepares his lessons on advance.          h)…………
Hence proper  using of time is essential in life.      i)……………

Answers:
a) Very – more
b) Lose-lost
c) Was-is
d) Waits-wait
e) Opportunities-opportunity
f) Doesn’t-don’t
g) Has-have
h) On-in
i) Using-use


CBSE - Class 9/10 - Editing Exercise - 2
Editing Exercise


(See Answers below)
Q1(SQP 2011): The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.

Often these days we hear and speak of the conquered    (a) _____ ______
in nature, ‘the taming of a river’, ‘the war against insects’    (b) _____ ______
and so on. Often these phrases being used without consciously    (c) _____ ______
attaching any value to them, but those have an    (d) _____ ______
underlying attitude of hostile towards Nature and Nature’s    (e) _____ ______
creatures, a viewpoint which seeming to assume    (f) _____ ______
Nature as an enemy that needs to being vanquished.    (g) _____ ______
Alternatively, Nature is seen merely as the ‘resource’ to be ‘exploited’              (h) _____ ______



Q2(SQP 2011): 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 against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.



When I return home from school, I found that    (a) _return_ _returned_
my mother were in kitchen and my younger    (b) _____ ______
sister is playing with her friends in the verandah.    (c) _____ ______
In my room, all the books was lying scattered    (d) _____ ______
on the floor. I am definitely very annoyed.    (e) _____ ______
I asked my sister, “Ritu, did you entered this room in my absence?”    (f) _____ ______
“I was looking for some colourful pictures for my scrap file. I search      (g) _____ ______
through your books and they fall down one              (h) _____ ______
by one”, she answered sheepishly.   


Q3: The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first one has been done for you as an example.

Thanks to the current interest for fitness                                                  (a) _for_ _in_
and health that peoples are taking    (b) _____ ______
in each locality we find this days    (c) _____ ______
some centres and clubs is springing    (d) _____ ______
up and they are do well in their    (e) _____ ______
new venture. But fortunately they    (f) _____ ______
are not within easy reach for all.      (g) _____ ______
They charges are too high.              (h) _____ ______
Beside, they are located in cities only.   




Answer 1:
(a) conquered - conquest
(b) in              - of
(c) being        - are
(d) those        - they
(e) hostile      - hostility
(f) seeming    - seems
(g) being        - be
(h) the            - a

Answer 2:
(a) return    - returned
(b) were      - was
(c) is          - was
(d) was      - were
(e) am        - was
(f) entered  - enter
(g) search  - serached
(h) fall      - fell

Answer 3:
(a) for        - in
(b) peoples - people
(c) this        - these
(d) is          - are
(e) do        - doing
(f) fortunately - unfortunately
(g) for        - to
(h) They    - Their
(i) Beside  - Besides
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Jumbled Up sentences (Set-1)

FROM Madhumita Bhattacharya TO You 

 

Rearrange the following jumbled up sentences into meaningful ones. (taken from exam papers)


1. so / to / itchy / is / that / I / wait / My / off. / uniform / can’t / take / it
2. Is / good / both / for / and / early / rising / old / adults
3. the / weekend / I / can / love / down. / be / I / myself / because / and / dress
4. Finish / work / early / one / can / go / and / a / for walk / one’s.
5. place / our lives / music / important / has / in / an.


6. its / urbanisation / in India / everywhere / has / tentacles / spread
7. light up / in every home / good / the lamp / books / magazines / and / of / knowledge
8. ‘The year of Books” / are / we / this / celebrating / year.
9. I’d / thought / nervous! / the / get / interview; / I / I / through / was / never / so
10. Reshma  / year. / to / to / the / come / back / hopes / Disneyworld / for / next / a / holiday
11. want / Do / me / see / you / you / at / to / the / airport? / off
12. you/ betray / once / it's / his / fault / someone / fault / betrays / it's / he if / twice if / your / you
13. baby / gave / apple / her / the / mother / a / red
14. that / lived in / hills / I dreamt / I / Mallabar
15. Mohit / and / skating / Saturday / went / on / Preeti
16. way / good / eating / cream / ice / to / off / is / a / cool
17. spoil / broth / the / too / many / cooks
18. money / me? / How / give / can / much / you
19. the / was / that / authority / curbed / King / annoyed / his / was
20. strike / opportunity / the / wait / I/ to / right / for / will
21. are harmless/to people/ most bats.
22. unique and diverse/bats, one of/misunderstood creatures/the worls’s most/are wonderful.
23. Every country/they are found /except Antarctica/every continent/in virtually/and inhabit.
24. a) from God / a precious / life / is / to / gift / us
      b) thankful / should / be / we / God / to / it / for
      c) God / some / remember / only / people / distress / in
      d) some / believe / in / do not / unfortunately / God



Solution:
1. My uniform is so itchy that I can’t wait to take it off.
2.Early rising is good for both old and adults.
3. I love the weekend because I can be myself and dress down.
4. One can finish one’s work early and go for a walk
5. Music has an important place in our lives
6. Urbanisation has spread its tentacles everywhere in India.
7. Good books and magazines light up the lamp of knowledge in every home.
8. This year we are celebrating “The Year of Books”.
9. I never thought I’d get through the interview; I was so nervous!
10. Reshma hopes to come back to the Disneyworld for a holiday next year.
11. Do you want me to see you off at the airport?
12. If someone betrays you once, it's his fault. If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.
13. The mother gave her baby a red apple.
14. I dreamt that I I lived in Mallabar hills.
15. Mohit and Preeti went skating on Saturday.
16. Eating ice cream is a god way to coll off.
17. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
18. How much money can you give me?
19. The king was annoyed that his authority was curbed.
20. I will wait for the right opportunity to strike.
21. Most bats are harmless to people.
22. Bats, one of the world’s most misunderstood creatures, are wonderful, unique and diverse.
23. They are found in virtually every country and inhabit every continent except Antarctica.
24. a) Life is a precious gift to us from God.
b) We should be thankful to God for it.
c) Some people remember God only in distress.
d) Unfortunately some do not believe in God.


See Jumbled Up Sentences (Set-2)

Jumbled Up Sentences (Set-2)
Rearrange the following jumbled up sentences into meaningful ones. (asked in various exam papers)



Q1:
Example: of/care/is important/post-operative/quick recovery/for/a patient
Solved:  Post-operative care is important for quick recovery of a patient.
the/first/doctor/a diagnosis/makes/an illness/of
he or she/what/then/kind/decides/of treatment/needed/is
can/treated with/many/be/a course of drug/illnesses
may/the doctor/if/is serious/the case/operate


Answers:
The doctor first makes a diagnosis of an illness.
Then he or she decides what kind of treatment is needed.
Many illnesses can be treated with a course of drug.
The doctor may operate if the case is serious.

Q2:
Example: nectar/bees/miles/many/in search of/fly
Solved:  Bees fly many miles in search of nectar.
human travellers/animals/unlike/maps/have/do not
navigate/different clues/they/instead/many/by using
use/mountains/birds/the rivers/and
the sun/also use/they/as/and stars/a compass
to travel/are known/tigers and lions/miles/water/in search of

Answers:
Unlike human travellers animals do not have maps
Instead they navigate by using many different clues.
Birds use the rivers  and mountains.
They also use the sun and stars as a compass.
Tigers and lions are known to travel miles in search of water.

Q3:
example: sports/country/important/an/every/are/society/individual/of /and/,/part
Solved: Sports are an important part of every society, country and individual.

(a) necessary/are/growth/of/sports/for /the/ body/the
(b) body/keep/the/fresh/and/they/fit
(c) give/exercise/to/they/total/body/the
(d) developing/sports/not only/a/mind/but also/help/in/his/body/child’s
(e) they/muscles/bones/ their/strengthen/up/their/tone /and

Answers:
(a) Sports are necessary for the growth of the body.
(b) They keep the body fit and fresh.
(c) They give exercise to the total body.
(d) Sports help not only in developing a child’s body but also his mind.
(e) They tone up their muscles and strengthen their bones.