CBSE Class 9/10 - English Grammar - Editing Exercise - 4

Editing Exercise

The following sentences have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and correction. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.

-	Incorrect	Correct Word
1. Radha sat in a tree.	________	________
2. He likes cutting jokes.	________	________
3. I want a pen to write on.	________	________
4. Mohan needs not worry.	________	________
5. Are you a member in the committee?	_______	_______
6. What is the cost of this pen?	_______	_______
7. Verbal orders will not be obeyed.	_______	_______
8. I saw a bad dream last night.	_______	_______
9. The frustrated man jumped in the river.	_______	_______
10. They acquitted him for murder.	_______	_______
11. My inquiry for his health was never answered.	_______	_______
12. Unless you speak the truth, I shall not pardon you.	_______	_______
13. Every chair and every table in the room were in order.	_______	_______
14. Did you wrote that letter?	_______	_______
15. He died from cancer.	_______	_______

Answers:

1. in - on
2. cutting - cracking
3. on - with
4. needs - need
5. in - of
6. cost - price
7. Verbal - Oral
8. saw - had
9. in - into
10. for - of
11. for - about
12. shall - will
13. were - was
14. wrote - write
15. from - of

☛ See also
Editing Exercise-1
Editing Exercise-2
Editing Exercise - 3
Editing Exercise - 4
Editing Exercise - 5
Cloze Test and Error Correction