EDITING (exercices: 1-3)

Editing exercise

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction each line. One is done as an example.

editing exercise 

EXERCISE 1

                                             Incorrect        Correct

     About a year 1900, a small dark haired boy    eg).         a                                     the

1. name Charlie Chaplin was often seen                    _____________          ______________
2. waiting outside the back entrance                          _____________          ______________
3. of London theatres. He looks thin and                   _____________          ______________
4. hungry but his blue eyes was determined              _____________          ______________
5. He could sing or dance. His parents                       _____________         ______________
6. were music hall performers but                              _____________         ______________
7. he has been born into the life of the theatre.           _____________         ______________                   
   
   

   s.no.	INCORRECT	CORRECT
   1	name	named
   2	entrance	entrances
   3	looks	looked
   4	was	were
   5	or	and
   6	but	and
   7	has	had

 EXERCISE 2

                                                   Incorrect     Correct

1.  In April 12 1961 major Yuri Gagarin                     ___________              _________
2.  become first men ever to venture                             ___________               _________
3. in space. He did not know for certain                        ___________                _________
4. beforehand that he is to be chosen.                         ___________                _________
5. The Russian had three possible candidates            ___________                _________
6. ready but although Gagarin was first                       ___________                _________
7. in the list, the choice was not definitely                    ___________                _________
8. made until an early morning of April 12              __________                ________                                                                          

s.no.	INCORRECT	CORRECT
1	In	On
2	become	became
3	in	into
4	is	was
5	Russian	Russians
6	but	and
7	in	on
8	an	the

                           EXERCISE  3

                                               Incorrect        Correct

1. Time is very precious than money.                        ___________                ___________
2. Money once lose can be regained,                         ___________                ___________
3. but time and once lost was lost forever                 ___________                ___________
4. Time and tide waits for no one. A                         ___________                ___________ 
5. lost opportunities may spoil one's life.                  ___________                ___________
6. Those who doesn't act in time                               ___________                ___________
7. has to repent afterwards. An intelligent                ___________                ___________
8. student prepare his lessons on advance                ___________                ___________
9. hence proper using of time is essential                  ___________                ___________

     

s.no.	INCORRECT	CORRECT
1	very	more
2	lose	lost
3	was	is
4	waits	wait
5	opportunities	opportunity
6	doesn't	don't
7	has	have
8	on	in
9	using	use