Error correction questions and answers for class 10.

Each sentence given below contains an error. Write the error and the correction in the space provided.

1. Despite repeated failures, he did not lost heart. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

2. This house has built by my grandfather in 1960. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

3. How a beautiful painting it is! (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

4. They worked hardly and finished the job by evening. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

5. We scarcely see wild animals in cities. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

6. It was so a frightening experience. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

7. This movie is too interesting. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

8. The refugees bad need food and clothing. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

9. I feel badly about them. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

10. Why are you walking so slow? (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

11. She close resembles her mother. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

12. The journey was fairly uncomfortable. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

13. She speaks English really good. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

14. He has done many mistakes. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

15. He is growing tall day by day. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

16. What beautifully she sings! (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

17. What foolish of you to have trusted him! (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

18. He is neither intelligent or hard working. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

19. Though he is intelligent he gets good marks. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

20. He is the fastest runner and he finished last. (Error: ……………………… / Correction: …………………………..)

Answers

1. Error: lost / Correction: lose

2. Error: has / Correction: was

3. Error: How / Correction: What

4. Error: hardly / Correction: hard (Hard is the adverb for this meaning.)

5. Error: scarcely / Correction: rarely

6. Error: so / Correction: such (Use so before adjective. Use such before adjective + noun.)

7. Error: too / Correction: so / very (Too shows undesirable extremes.)

8. Error: bad / Correction: badly (We use the adverb badly to modify the verb need.)

9. Error: badly / Correction: bad (Bad is an adjective; badly is an adverb; feel is a copular verb; we use adjectives, not adverbs to modify copular verbs.)

10. Error: slow / Correction: slowly

11. Error: close / Correction: closely (Close is an adjective; in order to modify the verb resembles, we need the adverb closely.)

12. Error: fairly / Correction: quite /rather (Fairly is not used to talk about negative ideas.)

13. Error: good / Correction: well (Good is an adjective; the adverb for this meaning is well. We need an adverb to modify the verb speaks.)

4. Error: done / Correction: made / committed (We do not do mistakes; we make or commit mistakes.)

15. Error: tall / Correction: taller (When there is an idea of progress or change use the comparative form.)

16. Error: What / Correction: How

17. Error: What / Correction: How (Use how before an adjective. Use what or what a before adjective + noun.)

18. Error: or / Correction: nor

19. Error: Though / Correction: Because / As (The conjunctions because and as show the reason; though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.)

20. Error: and / Correction: but (We use but to connect two contrasting ideas.)