BBC Compacta Class 10 Solutions - Classroom Assignment- 40

(A) The following passages contain some errors which have been underlined. Edit them by choosing from the appropriate options.

1.
(a)
Ans: (iii) who

(b)
Ans: (i) very fast

(c)
Ans: (iv) their lives

(d)
Ans: (iii) grow into

(e)
Ans: (ii) has revealed

(f)
Ans: (i) from

(g)
Ans: (ii) an increased

(h)
Ans: (ii) later

2.
(a)
Ans: (i) is fast becoming

(b)
Ans: (ii) of

(c)
Ans: (iv) few

(d)
Ans: (i) have been addressing

(e)
Ans: (iv) but

(f)
Ans: (ii) between

(g)
Ans: (ii) as

(h)
Ans: (iv) should

3.
(a)
Ans: (ii) Hundreds of new

(b)
Ans: (i) are appearing

(c)
Ans: (iii) proliferating into

(d)
Ans: (ii) one such product

(e)
Ans: (iv) has found

(f)
Ans: (iii) in

(g)
Ans: (iii) used

(h)
Ans: (i) much widely

(B) 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) has
(b) be
(c) to
(d) subsequent
(e) to
(f) by
(g) this
(h) takes the toll on our minds and bodies. (No correction needed)

2.
Ans: (a) make
(b) adding
(c) says
(d) could
(e) in
(f) who
(g) big
(h) say

3.
Ans: (a) in
(b) was
(c) on
(d) its
(e) highly
(f) called
(g) And
(h) degradation of an ecosystem. (No correction needed)