Worksheet 64
editing (errors)
The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line with a blank against it. write the incorrect word and the correct word in the space provided against each line. The first one has been done for you.
incorrect correct
4. I step out of the hostel (a) step stepped
gate. Our hostel was not much (b)......... .........
than a hundred yard from the (c)........ ........
river. The sand was damp with a (d)....... .......
morning dew. But as I bury (e)....... .......
my feet, I felt the warmth for (f)........ ......
the previous day's sun. There was immense (g) ........ ........
banyan trees and birds stirred
and chirped on their nests. (h) ........... ...........
I felt I am really in a new world. (i)......... ...........