CBSE Class 10/ Class 9 English Grammar - Editing Exercise - 5 (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

EDITING EXERCISE

Following are the editing exercises appeared in Class 10 Board examination papers.

Q1. 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 correction has been done as an example. (4 marks)

The Davis Cup is an beautiful silver punch	____a____
bowl of engravings in gold. This trophy was	_________
gifted in the United States Lawn Tennis Association	_________
by the well known American tennis player, D.F. Davis on 1990.	_________
The Davis Cup is a world championship who	_________
go on practically throughout the year. The top	_________
16 tennis nation form the World Group	_________
and compete among one another. The losing teams	_________
is eliminated like in any other normal championship.	_________

Q2. 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 correction has been done as an example. (4 marks)

Pollution is one of a most serious problems facing humanity	___the___
today. This problem was fairly complicated	_________
for much of pollution is caused of objects	_________
and activites that benefit mankind. Two-thirds in	_________
Delhi's appalling atmospheric pollution is caused on vehicles.	_________
to end and even greatly reduce pollution would	_________
call for a total re-assessment in what are	_________
consider to be necessaties of life	_________
Is we prepared to do it?	_________

3. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first correction has been done as an example. (4 marks)

The Band-Aid was invent in New Jersey.	_invented_
Dickson was fretted as his wife Josephine, cut	_________
herself again and again on working in the	_________
kitchen. One day while he was wrapping his	_________
wound once again on a bulky bandage of gauze	_________
and tape, he was struck by an idea. He put some	_________
gauze on a strip of the medical tape and the	_________
Band-Aid was born. Billion of cuts and scrapes	_________
later the Band-Aid is celebrating it's 75th birthday.	_________

4. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first correction has been done as an example. (4 marks)

Lila's favourite subject in school was maths. She enjoy	_enjoyed_
solving problems, and was enthusiastic for new problems	_________
done in class. But a lot many of her friends found Maths	_________
extremely difficult, and until they thought it was a	_________
difficult subject they saw no point to work at it.	_________
Maths was the very least popular subject in class.	_________
Then Lila decided to help three of her friend. She was	_________
patient and good in explaining things. Her friends realised	_________
that maths is easy if they paid attention.	_________

Answers

Answer 1.
a) of → with
b) in → to
c) on → in
d) who → which
e) go → goes
f) nation → nations
g) among → against
h) is → are

Answer 2.
a) was → is
b) of → by
c) in → of
d) on → by
e) to → To
f) are → is
g) consider → considered
h) Is → Are

Answer 3.
a) as → because
b) on → while
c) his → here
d) on → with
e) by → with
f) the → a
g) Billion → Billions
h)  it's → its

Answer 4. 
a) for → of
b) a lot → Φ
c) until → as
d) to work → working
e) very → Φ
f) friend → friends
g) in → at
h) is → was


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