(ii) The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided against the correct blank number:
| Error | Correction | ||
| Her duties for the day were over. | e.g. | for | of |
| She had scrub the floor of the kitchen, | (a) | ||
| washed the vessels and put them on a | (b) | ||
| shining row on an wooden shelf, returned | (c) | ||
| the short scrubbing broom to it's corner and closed the kitchen window. | (d) |
(iii) Do as directed.
i. Rearrange the following jumbled words/phrases in the given dialogue to create a meaningful sentence. Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania./ Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is a dormant volcano. It is the highest mountain in Africa. has been/many/it/the subject of/studies/scientific
ii. Read the conversation given below. Based on your reading, fill in the blanks appropriately.
Mrs. Grover: Where are the memos I had left yesterday?
Kundan: I am sorry! I have thrown them away by mistake.
Mrs. Grover: What a silly thing to do! Have you taken any photocopies of them at least?
Kundan: Yes, I have put them in a file.
Mrs. Grover asked Kundan where the memos she had left on the previous day were. Kundan answered that he was sorry (a) ____________. Mrs. Grover told him that was a silly thing to do. She also asked if he had taken any photocopies of them at least. Kundan replied that he had and (b) ____________.
(ii)
Error | Correction | |
(a) | scrub | scrubbed |
(b) | on | in |
(c) | an | a |
(d) | it's | its |
(iii) Do as directed.
i. It has been the subject of many scientific studies.
ii. (a) but he had thrown them away by mistake, (b) that he had put them in a file.