Editing Exercise-1Exercise 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 inc)………………

the English speaking world whom has not heardd)………………

for his name. The actor and playwright e)……………

born more than 400 years ago hadf)………………

become not only for Englishman but for g)……………

the whole world chief symbol forh)………………

British culture. He is a dramatist and a poet. .

Exercise 2:

About a year 1900, a small, dark haired boy a)……………name Charles Chaplin was often seen b)……………

waiting outside the back entrancec)………………

of London theatres. He looks thin andd)………………

hungry but his blue eyes was determined. e)……………

He could sing or dance. His parentsf)………………

were music hall performers butg)……………

he has been born into the life ofh)………………

the theatre. .

Exercise 3: 

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

become the first man ever to ventureb)……………

in space. He did not know for certainc)………………

beforehand that he is to be chosen.d)………………

The Russian had three possible candidates e)……………

ready but although Gagarin was firstf)………………

in the list, the choice was not definitelyg)……………

made until an early morning of April 12.h)………………

Exercise 4:

Educationist today are overwhelmingly a)……………concern about the future of the youngsters. b)……………

The common complaint is students doesn’tc)………………

study; they are not interested. Some blamesd)………………

exposure to the media, others feel that the

present generation are not serious enough.e)………………

The CBSE expresses this concern off)……………

reviewing the syllabus for time to time. Theg)………………

idea is to build a complete personality of  an individual h)……………

 

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 makec)………………

his child feels special by following some simpled)………………

rituals. Bedtime stories, the game of cards or e)

simply talking and laugh together before going tof)………………

bed - some give children a wonderful senseof well-being. they hardly ever forgot these moments g)…………and cherish them throughout these lives. h)……………

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. Ad)………………

Lost opportunities may spoil one’s life. e)

Those who doesn’t act in timef)………………

has to repent afterwards. An intelligent g).........student prepares his lessons on advance.       h)…………Hence proper  using of time is essential in life.    i)……………

Editing Exercise - 2

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) _____ ______

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.

Sentence completion exercise

Once upon a time, there (a)------------------------- a young girl who was very proud of her beauty. One day she (b) ------------------------------- rudely to an angel who was really upset with her. The angel (c) ---------------------------- the girl that she would change into a dirty frog. The girl became sad and (d) ------------------------ crying. She fell at the angel’s feet and (e) ……………………………… for her rude behaviour. The angel was very kind. She felt sorry for the girl and said that she could be free of the curse if she (f) ---------------------- with other frogs for one month.

a) (i) was living (ii) lives (iii) lived (iv) has lived

b) (i) speaking (ii) was speaking (iii) spoke (iv) speaks

c) (i) curses (ii) cursed (iii) was cursing (iv) cursing

d) (i) started (ii) starts (iii) has started (iv) had started

e) (i) apologize (ii) apologized (iii) was apologizing (iv) has apologized

f) (i) stays (ii) stayed (iii) was staying (iv) staying

We (a) ------------------------------ Australia last summer. It was a very memorable experience. One day we (b) ---------------------------- hiking with some local boys. Hiking through the scrub, we (c) ------------------------ lucky to see the Kangaroo. It (e) ------------------------- quietly with only its ears moving. While he focused his camera my brother (f) ----------------------------- me to keep still. Suddenly the animal (g) ----------------------- away.

a) (i) visited (ii) visiting (iii) were visiting (iv) visit

b) (i) go (ii) went (iii) were going (iv) had gone

c) (i) are (ii) have (iii) were (iv) had

d) (i) sat (ii) is sitting (iii) was sitting (iv) had sat

e) (i) motioned (ii) was motioning (iii) motions (iv) had motioned

f) (i) bounds (ii) bounded (iii) was bounded (iv) bounding

Jumbled Up sentences Rearrange the following jumbled up sentences into meaningful ones. 

1. so / to / itchy / is / that / I / wait / My / off. / uniform / can’t / take / it2. Is / good / both / for / and / early / rising / old / adults 3. the / weekend / I / can / love / down. / be / I / myself / because / and / dress4. 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 / spread7. light up / in every home / good / the lamp / books / magazines / and / of / knowledge8. ‘The year of Books” / are / we / this / celebrating / year.9. I’d / thought / nervous! / the / get / interview; / I / I / through / was / never / so10. Reshma  / year. / to / to / the / come / back / hopes / Disneyworld / for / next / a / holiday11. want / Do / me / see / you / you / at / to / the / airport? / off12. 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 / red14. that / lived in / hills / I dreamt / I / Mallabar15. Mohit / and / skating / Saturday / went / on / Preeti16. way / good / eating / cream / ice / to / off / is / a / cool17. spoil / broth / the / too / many / cooks

18. money / me? / How / give / can / much / you19. the / was / that / authority / curbed / King / annoyed / his / was20. strike / opportunity / the / wait / I/ to / right / for / will21. are harmless/to people/ most bats. 22. unique and diverse/bats, one of/misunderstood creatures/the world’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

Q1: Example: of/care/is important/post-operative/quick recovery/for/a patientSolved:  Post-operative care is important for quick recovery of a patient.1. the/first/doctor/a diagnosis/makes/an illness/of

2. he or she/what/then/kind/decides/of treatment/needed/is

3. can/treated with/many/be/a course of drug/illnesses

4. may/the doctor/if/is serious/the case/operate

 Q2:Example: nectar/bees/miles/many/in search of/flySolved:  Bees fly many miles in search of nectar.1. human travellers/animals/unlike/maps/have/do not

2. navigate/different clues/they/instead/many/by using

3. use/mountains/birds/the rivers/and

4. the sun/also use/they/as/and stars/a compass

5. to travel/are known/tigers and lions/miles/water/in search of

Q3:example: sports/country/important/an/every/are/society/individual/of /and/,/partSolved: 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

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