Grammar - Editing - Worksheets
CBSE Worksheet 01
Editing
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) ________ 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
(a) I was elected (b) was told in (c) much used to (d) banter was appreciated (e) generally thought to (a) he was asked (b) also told to (c) was brought and (d) had been changed (e) had been lifted