English Grammar: Editing (Error Correction)

                                                                     EDITING

The following passage still needs to be edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and the correction in your answer sheet.

 1. Passage 1                                                                       Error                          Correction

I first saw the leopard when I am crossing                            am                                   was

the small stream. As I cross the stream and                   a)____________        ____________

begun climbing the hill, the grunting and                      b)____________      ____________

chattering increases, as though the                                 c)____________        ____________

langurs was trying to warn me of some                         d)____________        ____________

hidden danger. The tiger was not look towards              e)____________        ____________

me, but it must have sense my presence. It                     f)____________        ____________

slowly turned its head and look down at me.                  g)____________       ____________

I have disturbed the animal in its quest for                     h)____________         ____________

food and I felt sorry.

2. Passage 2                                                                           Error                   Correction

At Haridwar, the first thing that hit the                       a)____________        ____________

eye is the presence of a Ganga .                                  b)____________      ____________

certainly appear to be a big river. But                         c)____________        ____________

looked around and away from the water                     d)____________        ____________

a second thing that will strike the eye                          e)____________        ____________

is the amount of constructions in the riverside             f)____________        ____________

and the ghats. There is bridges, pillars, staircases          g)____________       ____________

that seems to lead to nowhere in particular.                  h)____________         ____________

3.   Passage 3                                                                         Error                   Correction

In the absence of rain all the river                                 a)____________        ____________                 

get dry. Crops failed in the absence of                          b)____________      ____________     

water. Their is a food shortage and we                          c)____________        ____________                

have to go with other countries with a                          d)____________        ____________             

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