Edit the given passage | Class 10 grammar worksheets
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction against it in the space provided.
1. William waited till Friday before he gives …………………/…………………
his invitations with the casual air. …………………/…………………
My folks go away tomorrow and …………………/…………………
they said I can have a few friends in to tea. …………………/…………………
2. As dusk fall, the people who had gathered …………………/…………………
below a big shamiana to listen to the singers …………………/…………………
lit candles and were waiting for …………………/…………………
the quawwalis to begin. Even few noblemen …………………/…………………
from the court of Emperor was present. …………………/…………………
3. Swami read the first question and is bored. …………………/…………………
He turned off the pages and kept …………………/…………………
gazing over the last answer. He had …………………/…………………
to pretend that he is revising. …………………/…………………
He kept thinking after the moral of …………………/…………………
the tiger story till it lost all it’s meaning …………………/…………………
Answers
William waited till Friday before he gives gives / gave
his invitations with the casual air. the / a
My folks go away tomorrow and go / are going
they said I can have a few friends in to tea. can / could
2. As dusk fall, the people who had gathered fall / fell
below a big shamiana to listen to the singers below / underneath
lit candles and were waiting for were waiting /waited
the quawwalis to begin. Even few noblemen few / a few
from the court of Emperor was present. was / were
3. Swami read the first question and is bored. is / was
He turned off the pages and kept off / over
gazing over the last answer. He had over / at
to pretend that he is revising. is / was
He kept thinking after the moral of after / about
the tiger story till it lost all it’s meaning it’s / its
