Question 6 - Editing (with Past Year Questions) - Grammar

This question asked in [CBSE Outside Delhi Set - III, 2019]

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error and  write down its correction against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you.

Error   Correction 

Some days is good and some days          is            are 

are bad. Today, I got on very late. I       1.  ___         ___ 

ran to bathe. Then I had to got ready    2.  ___         ___ 

for My School. I ran by the Bus stop to 3.  ___          ___ 

catch My School Bus. It had 

already left but I came back Home.      4.  ___           ___ 

1.(A) in (B) into (C) up (D) upon 

2.(A) gets (B) getting (C) get (D) got 

3.(A) to (B) too (C) for (D) of 

4.(A) as (B) when (C) so (D) as if

Answer

Explanation:

1. On- ”On” is a preposition which usually tells about the position of an object/human which is situated or kept above a certain object and one gets ‘up’ in the morning and not ‘on’. So, the correct word is “up”.
2. Got- With ‘had’ the first form (present) of the verb is used. So, the correct word is “get”.
3. By- “By” is used when you cross a certain place on your way to a different destination but when you are talking about reaching the destination, ‘to’ is used. So, the correct word is “to”.
4. But- “But” is used when one thing is done in place of the other or when the result is opposite of what you are expecting but when there is only one consequence (result) of the situation, which is already expected, ‘so’ is used. So, the correct word is “so”.

Thus, the correct paragraph is

Some days are good and some days          

are bad. Today, I got  up very late. I       

ran to bathe. Then I had to get ready     

for My School. I ran to the Bus stop to 

catch My School Bus. It had 

already left so I came back Home.