EDITING (exercise 4-6)

Editing exercise 

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.

EXERCISE 4

                                              Incorrect        Correct

1.Tsunami is a series in waves                                          ____________           _____________
2.generated in a body from water                                     ____________           _____________ 
3.through an impulsive disturbance                                  ____________           _____________
4.causing damage to property or loss of life.                    ____________           _____________

    

s.no.	INCORRECT	CORRECT
1	in	of
2	from	of
3	through	by
4	or	and

        

                                EXERCISE 5

                                             Incorrect        Correct

1.In the prisoner's room a candle is                                            ____________           _____________

2.burning dimly. A prisoner himself                                           ____________           _____________

3.sat by the table. Only him back,                                              ____________           _____________

4.the hair by his head, and his                                                    ____________           _____________

5.hands are visible from outside                                                 ____________           _____________

6.through any window.                                                               ____________           _____________

           

s.no.	INCORRECT	CORRECT
1	is	was
2	A	The
3	him	his
4	by	on
5	are	were
6	any	the

        

                                       EXERCISE 6

                                           Incorrect        Correct

1.A saint walks the streets of Kolkata.                                   ____________           _____________
2.It can happen only at India. It                                              ____________           _____________
3.is time that us realise our                                                     ____________           _____________
4.strength. We are greater people.                                          ____________           _____________

         

s.no.	INCORRECT	CORRECT
1	walks	walked
2	at	in
3	us	we
4	greater	great