Cambridge English Dictionary defines "edit" as "to make changes to a text, film, etc., correcting mistakes or removing some parts, especially in order to prepare it for being printed or shown."
The purpose of editing exercises is to make students proficient in proof reading by helping them to identify and correct errors in a text.
Word Before Missing Word Word After
1 when a thorn
2 tube The puncture
3 to be repaired
4 tube is taken
5 dipped in a
6 order to locate
7 escapes from the
8 bubbles in the