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Gr8EngWS3July (Editing)

The document is a worksheet for Grade VIII English students focusing on editing and omission exercises. It contains passages with errors that students need to identify and correct, as well as sentences with omitted words that need to be filled in. The exercises aim to improve students' grammar and writing skills.

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Gr8EngWS3July (Editing)

The document is a worksheet for Grade VIII English students focusing on editing and omission exercises. It contains passages with errors that students need to identify and correct, as well as sentences with omitted words that need to be filled in. The exercises aim to improve students' grammar and writing skills.

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Niti Khandelwal
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Worksheet- 3

Editing and Omission


Name: Niti Grade: VIII
Subject: English Date:4 July
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I. The following passages have not been edited. There is ONE error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect
word and the correction as given in the example against the correct blank number. Also underline the
correct word you have supplied:

Editing: Exercise 1

Exploring space mean to study Ex: mean-means

space to the sake of knowledge (a) to-for

in the largest interest of mankind. (b) largest-largest

Exploiting space means usage space (c) __________________

for commercial use. There aims (d) there-their

are quite difference. The former one (e) difference-different

is to enhance knowledge but to satisfy (f) but-and

curiosity while the later is (g) later-latter

to makes money. (h) makes-make

Editing: Exercise 2

J.P. Sharma had hardly dreaming that his proficiency Ex: dreaming-dreamt

in Hindi would one day took him from (a) took-take

the quiet holy town of Mathura for the bright (b) for-ton

lights of the US. Sharma was one between (c) between-among

the twenty-odd Hindi teachers (d) __________________

who travelled to Nokia to be interviewing by a (e)interviewing-interviewed

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delegate from the US, who were in India (f) were-was

of headhunt young, full time Hindi teachers (g) ___________________

for schools on the United States. (h) on-in

II. In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with
the word that comes before and the word that comes after it, against the correct blank number. Ensure
that the word that forms your answer is underlined. The first one has been done for you as an example:

Omission: Exercise 1

Water plays a very important in our lives. Ex: important-role-in

The use of water as agent in the treatment (a) ___________________

of disease is known hydrotherapy. The beneficial (b) ___________________

effects of water be used in the treatment of (c) ___________________

diseases. Water is one heaven's choicest blessing. (d) ___________________

The Egyptian and Roman heating cooling baths (e) ___________________

were used various treatments. Water acts (f) ___________________

on the body in various ways according its (g) ___________________

temperature. It helps to remove toxins the body. (h) ___________________

Omission: Exercise 2

The Akashi Kaiyko Bridge southern Japan Ex: Bridge-in-southern

is world's longest bridge. The (a) ___________________

bridge a span of 5973 feet, (b) ___________________

making it over 25% longer its (c) ___________________

nearest competition. This is suspension (d) ___________________

bridge. This means the roadway is (e) ___________________

suspended pillars by cables. The concrete (f) ____________________

pillars have be tall enough to support (g) ____________________

the whole weight of bridge. (h) ____________________

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