CBSE Class 10 English Grammar Practice Assignment Set 17

Spot the Error

Question 1. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: The saint get a piece of chalk equal to
Answer: get → got

Question 2. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: the lump in the opium and tell the
Answer: tell → told

Question 3. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: opium eater to continue eaten opium but
Answer: eaten → eating

Question 4. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: Countries near then equator
Answer: then → the

Question 5. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: these countries further
Answer: these → the

Question 6. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: Though their is no indication
Answer: their → there

Question 7. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: as to where they were first establish,
Answer: establish → established

Question 8. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: but England has
Answer: has → is

Question 9. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: and businessmen, Thomas Alva Edison
Answer: businessmen → businessman

Question 10. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: enjoys reading as a child
Answer: enjoys → enjoyed

Question 11. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: The first accumulators was
Answer: was → were

Question 12. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: but there were several defect and several
Answer: defect → defects

Question 13. There is one error in the given line. Identify the error and write its correction: Sachin in it's annual
Answer: it's → its

Question 14. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and its correction against the line.
In the prisoner's room a candle is burning dimly. (e.g. is → was)
(a) A prisoner himself sat by the table.
(b) Only him back,
(c) the hair by his head, and his
(d) hands are visible from outside
(e) through any window. (CBSE 2018)
Answer: (a) A → The (b) him → his (c) by → on (d) are → were (e) any → the

Question 15. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and its correction against the line.
A saint walks the streets of Kolkata. (e.g. walks → walked)
(a) It can happen only at India. It
(b) is time that us realised our
(c) strength. We are greater people. We
(d) have so much religious leaders. (Delhi 2017)
Answer: (a) at → in (b) us → we (c) greater → great (d) much → many

Question 16. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and its correction against the line.
(a) The Chief Minister in Gujarat
(b) met the student of SRCC
(c) in 6th February in Delhi.
(d) He deliver a lecture on
(e) the global roll of Gujarat economy.
(f) His lecture is appreciated by all.
Answer: (a) in → of (b) student → students (c) in → on (d) deliver → delivered (e) roll → role (f) is → was

Question 17. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and its correction against the line.
(a) Sachin Tendulkar is a best
(b) cricketer in India. He play for
(c) more than 10 years for a country.
(d) He take retirement from the game
(e) this year. He is know for
(f) his skill of batting and fielding. (Delhi 2019)
Answer: (a) a → the (b) play → played (c) a → the (d) take → took (e) know → known (f) of → in

Question 18. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and its correction against the line.
(a) Last weak the super thief
(b) is caught in Pune by the
(c) Pune police. He was arrest
(d) from an hotel in the city.
(e) According to the police he have more
(f) than 500 cases about theft against him.
Answer: (a) weak → week (b) is → was (c) arrest → arrested (d) an → a (e) have → had (f) about → of

Question 19. The following paragraph has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error and its correction against the line.
(a) Tallam is situated in an
(b) altitude of about 550 feet on a southern
(c) arm of a deep bay of the Western Ghats.
(d) Tallam boasts of delight forest scenery. (Delhi 2020)
Answer: (a) in → at (b) a → the (c) of → in (d) delight → delightful

Question 20. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction (Error → Correction):
Many meetings, including large flagship conferences are pushed online post pandemic as a result of the global demand for convenience.
Answer: are pushed → have been pushed

Question 21. Identify the error on a shop's hoarding and supply the correction:
Visit Tresses
For latest men's and woman's hairstyles
Answer: woman's → women's

Question 22. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction (Error → Correction):
It is disturbing to note that child labour persists and the government's plans do not bear any fruits.
Answer: do not bear → are not bearing

Question 23. Identify the error on a shop's hoarding and supply the correction:
Cloth yourself in the best fashion trends of 2023!
Answer: Cloth → Clothe

Question 24. Identify the error in the given sentence and supply the correction (Error → Correction):
Venomous snakes have an advantage: enzymes in venom digest the meal from the inside before it would rot in their guts.
Answer: would rot → rots