Homework Assignment 25 | BBC Compacta Solutions for Class 9 PDF Download

(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.

 1.
Ans: (a) in.......for
(b) longer.......long
(c) has.......have
(d) call.......called
(e) who.......that/which
(f) an.......the
(g) to....by
(h) polluted.......polluting

2.
Ans: (a) in.......of
(b) generated.......generating
(c) Its.......It's
(d) much.......many
(e) this.......that
(f) on.......of
(g) a.......the
(h) create.......creates

3.
Ans: (a) are.......is
(b) among.......between
(c) been.......being
(d) makes.......make
(e) a.......the
(f) in.......at
(g) exercising.......exercises
(h) the.......a

4.
Ans: (a) with.......by

(b) In.......Of

(c) infecting.......infected
(d) most.......mostly
(e) a.......the
(f) are.......is
(g) among.......between
(h) main.......mainly

(B) In each sentence below, only one of the four underlined words is incorrect. Identify it and then write the correct word in the given space. B. Grammar (Editing: Error Correction)

(1) 
Ans: (a) bodies.......body's
(b) few.......some
(c) built.......build
(d) These.......Thi

(2)
Ans: (a) on.......while
(b) our.......their
(c) an.......the
(d) change.......changed

(3)
Ans: (a) depending.......dependence
(b) at.......in
(c) Ours.......Our
(d) reducing.......reduce

(4) 
Ans: (a) between.......among
(b) which.......who
(c) doing.......do
(d) as.......like

(5) 
Ans: (a) tooth.......teeth
(b) In.......With
(c) this.......these
(d) none.......no

(6) 
Ans: (a) assure.......ensure
(b) better.......best
(c) he.......they
(d) necessary.......necessarily