Practice Error Correction (Part - 3) - Type I (Editing Task) Notes | Study English Class 8 - Class 8

The following passages have not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct question number. Remember to underline the word you have supplied.

In a certain village, in the province of La Mancha at (a)______ 

Spain, there lived the gentleman of about (b)______ 

50 years of age. He was tall and thin and has (c)______ 

giant features. At one time he is rich, (d)______ 

but now he was poor, where he had sold all his (e)______ 

lands at buy books. (f )______

Answers:

In a certain village, in the province of La Mancha at (a)______
 Ans.  at ... in

Spain, there lived the gentleman of about (b)______
Ans.  the ... a

50 years of age. He was tall and thin and has (c)______
Ans. has ... had

giant features. At one time he is rich, (d)______
Ans.  is ... was

but now he was poor, where he had sold all his (e)______
Ans. where ... because

lands at buy books. (f )______ 
Ans. lie ... lies