BBC Compacta Class 9 Solutions - Classroom Assignment- 30

(A) The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each of the lines against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.
Ans: (a) bigger → biggest
Correction: Jupiter is the biggest planet and is a true giant.

(b) (No correction needed as the line is correct.)

(c) face → its face
Correction: 11 Earths to fit across its face and

(d) is four → are four
Correction: There are four giant planets on our Solar system.

(e) (No correction provided as the line is correct.)

(f) follow → followed
Correction: The next biggest is Saturn, followed by Uranus and Neptune.

(g) like → as
Correction: They are also known as "gas giants"

(h) of → for
Correction: as for their colorful, ice-cold gas atmosphere.

2.
Ans: a. are → is
Correction: A telescope is a light bucket.

b. They → It
Correction: It collects light from the objects

c. nor → or
Correction: using either a lens or, much usually, a mirror.

d. much → more
Correction: using either a lens or, more usually, a mirror.

e. reflect → reflects
Correction: A main mirror reflects the light to a smaller one,

f. who → which
Correction: a smaller one, which brings the light to a focus

g. there → where
Correction: brings the light to a focus where an

h. form → formed
Correction: an image of the object is formed.

B. The following passages contain some errors which have been underlined. Edit them by choosing from the appropriate options.
3. (a)
Ans: (iv) anything
Mohan loved to play pranks and didn't take anything seriously.

(b)
Ans: (i) knew
His mother didn't know what to do...

(c)
Ans: (iii) with...what to do with him.

(d)
Ans: (ii) hadn't
She was sure she hadn't been able to do well in life.

(e)
Ans: (ii) heard
She heard that there was a wise man in the village.

(f)
Ans: (iv) a
She told a holy man she was fed up...

(g)
Ans: (iv) with...she was fed up with her son.

(h)
Ans: (ii) any

4.
(a)
Ans: (iv) successful
A successful gardener is the one...

(b)
Ans: (iii) who...who can foresee and plan gardening operations in advance.

(c)
Ans: (ii) applies
This applies to planting, selection of site, seeds...

(d)
Ans: (iii) and...seeds varieties and still above all the plant...

(e)
Ans: (ii) protective...protective work.

(f)
Ans: (ii) with
Now with the monsoon approaching fast...

(g)
Ans: (ii) should...one should make preparations in advance to get...

(h)
Ans: (iii) better...the better result.

5.
(a) 
Ans: (ii) child's
Summer camps develop a child's confidence and his/her ideas.

(b)
Ans:  (iii) are beneficial
The camps are beneficial for hyper-active and aggressive children...

(c)
Ans: (ii) as
...as they help them channel their energies fruitfully...

(d)
Ans: (i) by
...by drawing out the...

(e)
Ans: (iv) best...the best in them.

(f)
Ans: (iii) promote
They also promote mutual understanding not only...

(g)
Ans: (i) between
...between teachers and children...

(h)
Ans: (iii) but also
...but also bring about interaction between the taught.