This question asked in [CBSE Outside Delhi Set - III, 2017]
The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.
Error Correction
My meetings of Mother had always e.g. of with
been a finer experience. I 1. ___ ___
would go to him whenever I was 2. ___ ___
sad, happy and angry. Sometimes 3. ___ ___
I would told her what somebody. 4. ___ ___
had said to me.
1.(A) fines (B) fine (C) find (D) finest
2.(A) he (B) her (C) she (D) them
3.(A) as (B) or (C) nor (D) both
(A) told (B) tell (C) tells (D) telling
Answer
| Error | Correction | |
| 1 | finer | (B) fine |
| 2 | him | (B) her |
| 3 | and | (B) or |
| 4 | told | (B) tell |
Explanation:
- Finer- “Finer” is the second (comparative) degree of comparison and is used when a comparison is made and there is no comparison in the passage. So, the correct word is “fine”.
- Him- The pronoun ‘him’ is used when we are talking about things related to a man (masculine gender) but mother is feminine. So, the correct word is “her”.
- And- “And” is used when two events occur simultaneously and not when only one event out of many will occur. So, the correct word is “or”.
- Told- “Told” is the second form of the verb and is not used with would. So, the correct word is “tell”.
Thus, the correct paragraph is
My meetings with Mother had always
been a fine experience. I
would go to her whenever I was
sad, happy or angry. Sometimes
I would tell her what somebody.
had said to me.
