Question 2 - Editing - Grammar - English Class 7

The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number in your answer sheet. The first one has been done for you as an example: Error Correction

I was work in a store that sold e.g. work working

handbags and luggage while a (a) ................... ...................

woman came in for return a (b) ................... ...................

purse she has purchased a few (c) ................... ...................

days early. The store policy was not (d) ................... ...................

to take returns of use goods (e) ................... ...................

but a woman assured that the (f) ................... ...................

item is still brand new. Since (g) ................... ...................

the woman was so insistent, the shopkeeper refunded the money and on opening the (h) ................... ...................

purse found her keys inside the purse.

Answer:

(1)  

• (a) - While: “While” is used in the starting of a sentence where two events are happening at the same time and not in the middle . So, the correct word is ‘when’.
• (b) - For: “For” is used as ‘because’ or and not with a verb . So, the correct word is ‘to’ .
• (c) - Has: “Has” is used with the present tense and not with past tense . So, the correct word is ‘had’ .
• (d) - Early: “Early” is the first degree of comparison and not second . So, the correct word is ‘earlier’.
• (e) - Use: “Use” is used with simple present tense and not present perfect tense. So, the correct word is ‘used’.
• (f) - A: “A” is used with unspecified things and not when objects are specified. So, the correct word is ‘the’.
• (g) - Is: “Is” is used with the present tense and not with the past tense . So, the correct word is ‘was’ .
• (h) - And: “And” is used when 2 events or choices can take place together and not when only one can occur . So, the correct word is ‘but’ .

Thus the correct paragraph is

I was working in a store that sold handbags and luggage when a woman came in to return a purse she had purchased a few days earlier . The store policy was not to take returns of used goods but the woman assured that the item was still brand new. Since the woman was so insistent, the shopkeeper refunded the money but on opening the purse found her keys inside the purse.