Question 4 - Editing - Grammar - English Class 9

The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is given. Write the error and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank number as given in the example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.

Error Correction

Could you did something for me? e.g. did do I have left mine blue bag on the (a) _____ _____

table at the drawing room (b) _____ _____

Please go till my house tomorrow and (c) _____ _____

got it from my mother. (d) _____ _____

Answers:

• A. Mine: “Mine” is used when the object one is talking about has already been mentioned and not when it is described for the first time. So, the correct word is ‘my’.
• B. At : “At” is used with time and not with rooms. So, the correct word is ‘in’.
• C. Till: “Till” is not used when the end location is specified. So, the correct word is ‘to’.
• D. Got: “Got” is used with past tense and not with present or future tense. So, the correct word is ‘get’.

Thus the correct paragraph is

Could you do something for me? I have left my blue bag on the table in the drawing room. Please go to my house tomorrow and get it from my mother.