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Class 9 error correction exercise

The document contains two error correction exercises for Class 9 students, where each sentence has a grammatical mistake that needs to be identified and corrected. The first exercise includes 22 sentences, while the second exercise contains 16 sentences, each followed by the correct form. Answers to both exercises are provided, detailing the errors and their respective corrections.

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Class 9 error correction exercise

The document contains two error correction exercises for Class 9 students, where each sentence has a grammatical mistake that needs to be identified and corrected. The first exercise includes 22 sentences, while the second exercise contains 16 sentences, each followed by the correct form. Answers to both exercises are provided, detailing the errors and their respective corrections.

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Class 9 error correction exercise

Error correction exercise


1. There has been several complaints about him. (Error …………………..;
correction ……………………..)

2. He was here a few minutes before. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

3. Thousands of people have dead in the fighting. (Error …………………..;


correction ……………………..)

4. I don’t want to listen at him. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

5. She is here in the morning. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

6. Each child are unique. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

7. You must be in trouble if you don’t obey him. (Error …………………..;


correction ……………………..)

8. He need to change his habits. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

9. The dog has been unwell since several days. (Error …………………..;
correction ……………………..)

10. It is a problem which solution has baffled even experts. (Error


…………………..; correction ……………………..)

11. The movie was so bored that I left the theatre halfway through it. (Error
…………………..; correction ……………………..)

12. He is rude with everyone. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

13. Shall I borrow your car for one day? (Error …………………..; correction
……………………..)
14. I waited and waited but he doesn’t come. (Error …………………..;
correction ……………………..)

15.The suspects are being interrogating by the police. (Error


…………………..; correction ……………………..)

16. She must arrive anytime soon. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

17. If she left home at 8, she would be here in an hour. (Error


…………………..; correction ……………………..)

18. It is time you get that mole examined by a doctor. (Error …………………..;
correction ……………………..)

19. She said that she doesn’t have any time to talk to me. (Error
…………………..; correction ……………………..)

20. We won’t afford to wait any longer. (Error …………………..; correction


……………………..)

21. I was hoping that she will recognize me but she didn’t. (Error
…………………..; correction ……………………..)

22. He has been ill for several months before he died in March. (Error
…………………..; correction ……………………..)

Error correction exercise 2


Each sentence given below contains an error. Identify the error and supply the
correction. An example is given below.

There was hardly nothing in the box. (Error: nothing / Correction: anything)

1. This has been going on since quite sometime.

2. He showed hardly any interest in pursuing his study.

3. He has last seen driving northward.

4. Industrial waste must be preventing from polluting our rivers.

5. Computers vary wide in price.

6. The two men argued vehement.


7. His trust of his son is unshaken.

8. That ladder is so unstable to hold you.

9. That dress is unsuitable to a wedding.

10. It was very kind for you to help us.

11. Unemotional people always laugh or cry.

12. Though the two teams are unequal, the game isn’t exciting.

13. It is unfair accusing anyone without evidence.

14. It is five o’clock and the work is already unfinished.

15. Passersby were unaffected with the beggar’s plea.

16. He was unaware about their true intentions.


Answers
1. (Error: has; correction: have)

2. (Error: before; correction: ago)

3. (Error: dead; correction: died)

4. (Error: at; correction: to)

5. (Error: was; correction: was)

6. (Error: are; correction: is)

7. (Error: must; correction: will)

8. (Error: need; correction: needs)

9. (Error: since; correction: for)

10. (Error: which; correction: whose)

11. (Error: bored; correction: boring)

12. (Error: with; correction: to)

13. (Error: Shall; correction: Can / May / Could)

14. (Error: doesn’t; correction: didn’t)

15. (Error: interrogating; correction: interrogated)

16. (Error: must; correction: may/might)

17. (Error: would; correction: should)

18. (Error: get; correction: got)

19. (Error: doesn’t; correction: didn’t)

20. (Error: won’t; correction: can’t)

21. (Error: will; correction; would)

22. (Error: has; correction: had)


Answers

1. error: since / correction: for

2. error: study / correction: studies

3. error: has / correction: was

4. error: preventing / correction: prevented

5. error: wide / correction: widely

6. error: vehement / correction: vehemently

7. error: of / correction: in

8. error: so / correction: too

9. error: to / correction: for

10. error: for / correction: of

11. error: always / correction: seldom/rarely

12. error: though / correction: as / since

13. error: accusing / correction: to accuse

14. error: already / correction: still

15. error: with / correction: by

16. error: about / correction: of

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