ERROR FINDING
EXERCISE 3
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 | |
| While imports from the US has grown faster | has | have | |
| then Indian exports to the US, Donald Trump is | (a) | ||
| not satisfied. He has slammed India, seek to | (b) | ||
| driven a better bargain to push American goods, | (c) | ||
| when seeking to restrict the entry of goods and | (d) | ||
| software professionals into the US. Ahead of her | (e) | ||
| visit, Trump has make his intentions clear. | (f) |
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 | |
| Four more Indian crew members in board a cruise | in | on | |
| ship moored off the Japanese coast have tasted | (a) | ||
| positive for the coronavirus and those which are | (b) | ||
| not found to be infected would be facilitate | (c) | ||
| to travel back home once all the result are | (d) | ||
| declared, the Indian embassy said by Sunday. With | (e) | ||
| the fresh infections, the total number of Indian | (f) | ||
| infected above vessel rose by 12. Passengers | (g) | ||
| having no signs of disease is deboarding the ship. | (h) |
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 | |
| Wrapped in white loin cloth, they chanting the | chanting | chant | |
| navakar mantra, followed dietry self-abnegation, | (a) | ||
| wake up by the Sun, consume only warm water, | (b) | ||
| meditate in hours at Jain temples, and dine | (c) | ||
| before the Sun sets. Thousand of Japanese are | (d) | ||
| turning to Jainism. Apart for living like astute | (e) | ||
| Jains, their calanders is marked for an annual | (f) | ||
| pilgrimage to India where they spends weeks | (g) | ||
| studying Jain script under learning monks. | (h) |
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