The following passage has not been edited. There is an erpr in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the corrected word in your answer sheet against the blank as given in the example. Underline the corrected word that has been supplied.
Editing Exercises for Class 5 CBSE With Answers PDF
This grammar section explains English Grammar in a clear and simple way. There are example sentences to show how the language is used.
Editing is a stage of the writing process in which a writer improves a draft by correcting errors and by making words and sentences clearer, more precise and more effective.
Fundamentals
- Always follow PPACTS RULE while editing a passage.
- PPACTS stands for P – Preposition, P – Pronoun, A – Article/determiner, C – Conjunction, T – Tense/Verb Forms (singular/plural), S – Spelling After reading the passage, identify the tense and see whether it is appropriate to the context.
- Check the subject-verb agreement.
Editing Solved Exercise With Answers for Class 5 CBSE
Underline each error and write the correction in the space provided.
| One morning, the Nawab call | a. | called |
| his minister and said him | b. | told |
| that I wanted the length and | c. | he |
| breadth from the earth | d. | of |
| measured. He also feel the | e. | felt |
| need to have the stars on the | f. | in |
| sky counted. The minister says | g. | said or replied |
| that the task he have been | h. | had |
| had set on being impossible. | i. | was |
Editing Solved Exercises for Class 5 CBSE
In the following passages, there is an error in each line. The error has been underlined. Write the correction in the space provided.
Editing Exercise class 5 pdf – 1
| A famous sportsman, name Harvey | ____________ |
| had attended the cycle race. He | ____________ |
| was a short man, but a greatest | ____________ |
| athlete and have won many | ____________ |
| prizes. He had six sons, who was | ____________ |
| brought up as sportsmen and every | ____________ |
| son had participated on the cycle | ____________ |
| race but were defeated bad. | ____________ |
Editing Exercise class 5 pdf – 2
| What nine years old Sunita did | ____________ |
| not like about school were the | ____________ |
| rules. Actually, Sunita did not liked | ____________ |
| rules of any sort, whether at school and | ____________ |
| at home. She hated to studying, | ____________ |
| sleep or eat at fixed timing. She wished | ____________ |
| she should be free, like the birds | ____________ |
| free to go everywhere she wanted. | ____________ |
Editing Exercise class 5 pdf – 3
| Once a beauty white mouse | ____________ |
| was born. As he grow up, his | ____________ |
| friends or family took note of | ____________ |
| his handsome face, her regal | ____________ |
| manner, and his pure white. | ____________ |
| His parents think how they | ____________ |
| would find a wife just so | ____________ |
| beautiful as the younger mouse. | ____________ |