Grammar - Editing - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

Editing

  1. The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it along with one word that comes before it and the one that comes after it.

      Missing Word
    I elected in the Committee of the society.(a)________
    I was in advance that I was supposed to attend(b)________
    every meeting. But I was not much to speaking. My friends called me a drone.(c)________
    The banter appreciated. A drone is(d)________
    generally to be a thorough idler.(e)________

  2. The following passage has not been edited. There is a word missing in each line. Find the missing word and write it along with one word that comes before it and the one that comes after it.

      Missing Word
    He asked to go down to the end of(a)________
    the garden. He was also to dip in the water of the river there. The same(b)________
    water was and sprinkled over everything(c)________
    which had changed into gold by Mida’s(d)________
    touch. The king felt a weight had lifted from him.(e)________

CBSE Worksheet 01
Editing

Solution

  1. (a)I was elected
    (b)was told in
    (c)much used to
    (d)banter was appreciated
    (e)generally thought to
  2. (a)he was asked
    (b)also told to
    (c)was brought and
    (d)had been changed
    (e)had been lifted