ERROR FINDING
EXERCISE 1
Q 1. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction in the space provided.
| Passage | Error | Correction | |
| Lord Clive said, ‘Blessed is the man who had | had | has | |
| hobbies’. The pursuit of hobbies is not a waste in | (a) | ||
| time. Rather it prevents us while wasting our | (b) | ||
| time by other frivolous pursuits. Hobbies | (c) | ||
| fill our vacant hours with interest or joy. | (d) | ||
| So, I am justifying in having my hobbies | (e) |
Q 2. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction in the space provided.
| Passage | Error | Correction | |
| It is impossible to understood generation | understood | understand | |
| next or to tackle us. All that elders should | (a) | ||
| do is just keep quite and close their eyes. | (b) | ||
| Teenagers are very confident on | (c) | ||
| what they do and which they want to do. | (d) | ||
| They think them to be independent | (e) |
Q 3. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the error and its correction in the space provided.
| Passage | Error | Correction | |
| So you want other day off, | other | another | |
| Shouted the manger on his desk. | (a) | ||
| I am anxious to hear which excuse you | (b) | ||
| have now. You have went for | (c) | ||
| yours grandfather’s funeral twice | (d) | ||
| already. A clerk smiled sheepishly | (e) | ||
| and said, ‘Today mine grandmother | (f) | ||
| was getting married again’ | (g) |
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