Editing - SSC Q.No. 22

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1. The weather is very beautifull today. (beautiful) 

 2. She recieved the first prize. (received)

 3. Please seperate the books by subject. (separate)

 4. They definately want to come with us. (definitely)

 5. My father works in a goverment office. (government)

 6. He is a very inteligent student. (intelligent)

1. Where are you going (?)

 2. “Dont worry I am coming” she said. (“Don't worry I am coming,” she said. )

 3. Its raining outside ( It's raining outside. )

 4. Rahul asked “can I join you” ( Rahul asked “Can I join you?” )

 5. What a beautiful place (!)

 6. Stop wait for me (Stop, wait for me. )

1. we visited the taj mahal last year. ( We visited the Taj Mahal last year. )

 2. my brother is learning french. ( My brother is learning French.)

 3. she lives in delhi. (She lives in Delhi.)

 4. this is dr sharma our teacher. (This is Dr Sharma, our teacher.)

 5. the indian ocean is very deep. (The Indian Ocean is very deep.)

 6. he will meet mr varma tomorrow. ( He will meet Mr Varma tomorrow.)

1. She go to school every day. (goes)

 2. They was playing in the park. (were)

 3. He eat his lunch already. ( has eaten )

 4. We is planning a trip. (are)

 5. The train leave at 6 PM yesterday. (left) 

 6. I am go to the market now. (going )

1. The girl run very fast. (runs)

2. My friends is waiting for me. (are)

 3. The list of items are on the table. (is)

 4. Each of the boys have a book. (has) 

 5. One of the players are injured. (is)

 6. Her ideas seems interesting. (seem)

1. He is a honest man. (an)

2. She bought an new phone. (a)

3. They visited an Mount Everest. (the)

4. I need a umbrella. (an)

5. She is reading an storybook. (a)

6. He is the engineer in our colony. (should be "an engineer")

1. She is good in Maths. (at)

2. He arrived to the station at 5. (at)

3. The cat is hiding on the bed. (under)

4. They will meet at Monday. (on)

5. He is senior than me. (to)

6. She insisted for helping me. (in)

1. She is a beauty girl. (beautiful)

2. His advices were helpful. (advice was)

3. This is the biggest of the two cities. ( bigger)

4. He is a success businessman. (successful)

5. These shoes are very comfort. (comfortable)

6. She sings beautiful (beautifully).

1. Rita and Sita went to the market, but she bought nothing. (they)

2. Every student must submit their notebook. (his/ her)

3. Me and Rohan went to school. (Rohan and I)

4..My teacher gave the book to Riya and I. (Riya and me)

5. The dog wagged its' tail. (its)

6. This is the boy which won the prize. ((who)

1. I worked hard, but I was tired so I slept early. (so)

2. She is honest because she is also helpful. He studied well and he failed the test. ( and, but)

3. I will call you and I reach home. (when)

4. We wanted to play cricket, because it started raining. (but)

 5. She didn’t come to school or she was sick. (as)

1. She speaks quick in class. (quickly)

2. This is the most easier question. (easiest)

3. He is a more tall boy. (a tall boy)

4..She dances beautiful on stage. (beautifully)

5. Rohan runs slow than me. (slower)

6.It was a terribly weather yesterday. (terrible)

1. He returned back home. (He returned home.)

2. They shouted loudly. (They shouted)

3. She wrote a short summary in brief. (She wrote a short summary.)

 4. We met together at the mall. (We met at the mall.)

5. The reason is because he was late. (The reason is that he was late.)

6. I saw it with my own eyes. (I saw it with my eyes.)

1. Because it was raining. (fragment) 

2. I went to school I met my teacher. (run-on)

3. The boy who lives next door. (incomplete idea) 

4. She sings well she also dances well. 

5. If you finish your homework. (fragment) 

6. The movie which we watched yesterday was. (incomplete)

Type the correct answer in the given space

Editing 1

The childrens (a) was (b) playing in a park near to (c) their house when a old man (d) called them to help him pick some fallen fruits.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) →
(b) →
(c) →
(d) →

(a) 'Children' is the correct plural form of 'child'. 'Childrens' is wrong.

(b) Use 'were' because the subject 'children' is plural.

(c) We say 'near their house', not 'near to their house'.

(d) Use 'an' before vowel sounds → 'an old man'.

Editing 2

It was Meena’s birthday, and she invites (a) all her classmates. The room was full of balloon (b) and streamers. Everyone sang and danced joyful (c). Meena thanked her friends for make (d) her day so special.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) →
(b) →
(c) →
(d) →

(a) Use "invited" because the action happened in the past.

(b) "Balloons" is the correct plural form.

(c) The adverb is needed → "joyfully".

(d) Use "making" after a preposition → "for making".

Editing 3

Every mornings (a), my father and I goes (b) for a walk in the park. We breathe the fresh airs (c) and watch the sun rising slow (d) over the trees.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) →
(b) →
(c) →
(d) →

(a) morning — no plural needed

(b) go — subject is plural

(c) air — uncountable

(d) slowly — adverb form

Editing 4

Our school organise (a) a science fair every year. This time, I made a model of a volcano which looks very impress (b). Many students and parents visited the fair and appreciated our hardworks (c). The principal spoke proud (d) about the students.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) →
(b) →
(c) →
(d) →

(a) organises — subject is singular

(b) impressive — adjective needed

(c) hardwork — uncountable, so no plural

(d) proudly — adverb form

Editing 5

Sita was cleaning the room when she accidently (a) drop (b) a glass vase. It fell on the floor and broke into many piece (c). She quickly sweeped (d) the floor before her mother came.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) accidentally - spelling

(b) dropped - passage is in past tense

(c) pieces - many pieces

(d) swept - past tense of sweep is swept

Editing 6

The bus stopped on (a) a river. The children jumped out happily and spreaded (b) their mats under a big tree. The weather was pleasant, and everyone enjoyed the food they had bring (c). They also played many interesting game (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) by - suitable preposition

(b) spread - past tense of spread is spread

(c) brought - had + V3

(d) games - plural form with many

Editing 7

Yesterday we visited the new library in our town. It have (a) many books on history, science, and stories. The librarian told we (b) to keep silence inside. I found the place very peaceful and read quietly for two hours without felt (c) boring (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) has - singular subject, and library exists even now, so - has

(b) us - objective pronoun should be used in the place of object

(c) feeling - ing form is apt here

(d) bored — V3 form after a gerund

Editing 8

People in the village celebrates (a) the harvest festival with great joy. They decorate their house (b) with flowers and lights. The men and womans (c) wear colourful clothes and dance together still (d) night.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) celebrate - subject is plural

(b) houses - plural noun

(c) women - plural form of woman

(d) till - suitable preposition

Editing 9

A small kitten was hiding under a bench outside our home. It looked weakly (a) and frightened. My brother carefully took it and give (b) it some milk. We build (c) a small box with a towel so that it could sleep warm (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) weak - adjective form should be written

(b) gave - passage is in past tense

(c) built - past tense

(d) warmly - adverb, describing the verb sleep

Editing 10

The team climbed the mountain with great difficult (a). It was raining heavily, and the path was slippering (b). Still, they continued their journey because they wanted to reach the top before the sunsets (c). Their guide encouraged them to walk slow (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) difficulty - noun form should be written

(b) slippery - adjective that describes the path

(c) sunset - no plural

(d) slowly - adverb to describe the verb walk

Editing 11

It was a heavliy (a) rain since morning. The children could not plays (b) outside, so they decided to watch a movie in the living room. Their mother made them a bowl of popcorns (c) and sit (d) with them to enjoy the show.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) heavy — adjective form

(b) play — use base verb after 'could not'

(c) popcorn — uncountable (no 's')

(d) sat — past tense

Editing 12

Ravi and his friends goes (a) to the zoo last Sunday. They were exciting (b) to see lions and elephants. A group of monkey (c) jumped from tree to tree and made everyone laugh loud (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) went — past tense for 'last Sunday'

(b) excited — correct adjective to show feeling

(c) monkeys — plural form

(d) loudly — adverb to describe how they laughed

Editing 13

The market were (a) full of noise and colours. Rani bought two kilo (b) of tomatoes and some fresh spinachs (c). She paid the shopkeeper and thanked him for being very kindly (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) was — 'market' is singular here

(b) kilos or kilogram(s) — use correct measure word

(c) spinach — uncountable (no 's')

(d) kind — adjective, not adverb

Editing 14

While Ramesh was walked (a) on the road, he suddenly noticed a wallet laying (b) near the footpath. He picked it up and looked for its owner. After some minutes, he saw a man running quick (c) and calling for his wallet. Ramesh return (d) it to him.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) walking — While - past continuous - was walking'

(b) lying — correct spelling for 'lying on the ground'

(c) quickly — adverb form

(d) returned — past tense

Editing 15

The street were (a) decorated with lights and flowers. Everyone wore their best clothes and smiled happy (b). Children danced and sang songs joy (c). It was truly a evening (d) to remember.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) was — 'street' singular here

(b) happily — adverb for 'smiled happily'

(c) joyfully — adverb to describe how they sang

(d) an evening — an - before vowel sound)

Editing 16

Our teacher told us to writing (a) a story today. The class was very silence (b) as everyone started writing. I was nervously (c) at first, but then ideas came easy (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) write — V1 after to infinitive

(b) silent — adjective for the class

(c) nervous — adjective to describe feeling

(d) easily — adverb for how ideas came

Editing 17

Rohit and Priya helps (a) their mother every Sunday. They clean the room, wash the dish (b), and water the plants. Their mother feels proud and happy because her children works (c) together instead of argue (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) help — base verb with plural subject

(b) dishes — plural for more than one

(c) work — plural subject takes base verb

(d) arguing — gerund form after 'instead of'

Editing 18

The family reached Shimla at night. The weather was very chilly, and they can (a) see snow in (b) the roads. They stayed in a small hotel which had a beautifull (c) view of the mountains or (d) a fireplace to keep them warm.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) could — past ability

(b) on — 'on the roads'

(c) beautiful — correct spelling

(d) and — use 'and' to list features

Editing 19

The teacher entered the class and said, “Today we are having a surprise tests (a).” The students were shock (b) and nervous. Rohan didn’t bring his pen, so he borrowed one from his friend. After the test, everyone felt relieve (c) that it was not too hardly (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) test — singular

(b) shocked — correct past participle adjective

(c) relieved — adjective showing feeling

(d) hard — adverb not 'hardly' (here 'not too hard')

Editing 20

It start (a) raining just as I was leaving to (b) the tuition. I forgot to take my umbrella, so I get (c) fully wet. The roads were full with (d) water, and cars moved very slowly.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) started — past tense

(b) for — 'leaving for the tuition'

(c) got — past tense

(d) of — 'full of water'

Editing 21

The participants was (a) nervous before the competition began. Each student spoke confident (b) and presented his or her views clearly. The judges listened careful (c) and marked them on clarity, expression, and content. The event ended with many applause (d) from the audience.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) were — plural subject

(b) confidently — adverb to describe how they spoke

(c) carefully — adverb for listening

(d) applause (unchanged) — applause is correct and uncountable

Editing 22

When we had reached (a) the station, the train had already left. We waited two hours because the next train were (b) delayed. It was very tiredly (c) to sit there without food or water, but finally, we board (d) the train and relaxed.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) reached — V2 form with 2nd action and had V3 for 1st action'

(b) was — 'the train was delayed'

(c) tiring — 'it was tiring to sit'

(d) boarded — past tense

Editing 23

Students from all the classes is (a) taking part in the environmental project this year. They plan to planting (b) five hundred trees across the town. Each group will submit there (c) report by the end of the month. Their effort is appreciating (d) by everybody.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) are — plural subject

(b) plant — V1 after to-infinitive

(c) their — possessive 'their report'

(d) appreciated - passive form

Editing 24

The paintings displayed in the hall was (a) truly amazing. Every artist had express (b) their ideas through colours and shapes. Visitors moved slow (c) from one frame to another, admiring each detail. The exhibition received many positive comment (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) were — paintings plural

(b) expressed — past tense

(c) slowly — adverb

(d) comments — plural

Editing 25

Our new principal seems (a) very strict at first, but soon we realized she was kind and understanding. She encouraged we (b) to take part in competitions. Her speeches were always inspiringly (c) and full of practical advises (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) seemed — past tense verb

(b) us — objective pronoun

(c) inspiring — adjective to describe speeches

(d) advice — noun (correct spelling)

Editing 26

Before begining (a) the experiment, students must ensure that all equipments are clean. The teacher instructed them to pore (b) the liquid slowly into the beaker. One of the boy (c) spilt some by mistake, but he quickly cleaned it without causing many (d)damage.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) beginning — spelling

(b) pour — homophone

(c) boys - One of the boys

(d) much — 'damage' uncountable, use 'much'

Editing 27

The students were practising for the dance performance from (a) morning. They had learn (b) every step carefully, yet a few still made mistake (c). The teacher encouraged them to rehearse till they perform (d) perfectly.

Write your corrected answers:

(a) since — point of time

(b) learnt — past participle 'had learnt'

(c) mistakes — plural

(d) performed - past tense

Editing 28

The food in our school canteen is more (a) better now than last year. The workers maintains (b) hygeine (c) properly and serve food quickly. The prices are also quite reasonably (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) much → much better

(b) maintain — base verb for plural subject

(c) hygiene - spelling

(d) reasonable — adjective form

Editing 29

The guide explain (a) that the fort was built by a famous king. The walls were made of stones so strong that they still stands (b) today. Tourists were amazed by the view from the top and took many photograph (c). Everyone spoke about how beautifully the fort was designing.(d)

Write your corrected answers:

(a) explained — past tense

(b) stand — 'they still stand today' (plural)

(c) photographs — plural

(d) designed— passive form (keep)

Editing 30

A group of students gone (a) to a nearby village for a cleanliness drive. They cleaned the streets, planted trees, and teach (b) children about hygiene. The villagers welcomed them warm (c) and offered them lunch. The students promised to return next ears (d).

Write your corrected answers:

(a) went — passage is in past tense/p>

(b) taught — past tense

(c) warmly — adverb for welcomed

(d) year — homophone (singular)