Sentence Corrections Exercise No 6,7,8 & 9 with Answers and clarifications

Exercise No. E 6.

Find out error in the following sentences if any and mark Sr. no. of the relative part. In case of no error mark Sr no.5.

Ignore punctuation errors.

A. 1.Where he was born, 2. when he was born 3. how he lived 4.are all a mystery. 5.No error. 

B. 1. He 2. who knows 3.that he knows 4. knows nothing. 5.No error. 

C. 1.Your statement 2.that you find 3.the purse in the street 4.will not be believed. 5.No error. 

D. 1.After a few questions, 2. the interview members found that 3. he is fit 4.for the job.5. No error.

E. 1. I little knew 2. that he will 3. not abide by instructions 4. of his parents.5. No error.

Exercise No. E 7.

Find out error in the following sentences if any and mark Sr. no. of the relative part. In case of no error mark Sr no.5.

Ignore punctuation errors.

A. 1.My boss 2.enquired from me 3. that I 4.could handle the project.

B.1.  I asked my friend2. that where 3.he had been 4.for so many days.

C. 1.I asked her2. that if 3.she had seen 4.my son in the garden.

D. 1.She proposed him2. that they should have 3.their dinner together 4.that day.

E. 1.He suggested his mother 2. that she should not 3.go to the market 4.as it was dark then.

Exercise No. E 8.

Find out error in the following sentences if any and mark Sr. no. of the relative part. In case of no error mark Sr no.5.

Ignore punctuation errors.

A. 1. Unless 2.you do not 3.take your medicine regularly, 4.you cannot get well.

B. 1.She asked the stranger 2.who he is 3.and where 4.he came from.

C. 1.My boss asked me2. that why 3.I had come late 4.on that day.

D. 1.The manager asked me 2.that how long3. I would take to complete 4.the new assignment given to me.

E. 1.Who he is, 2.where he goes and 3.what  he does 4.are all a mystery for us.

Exercise No. C 9.

Find out error in the following sentences if any and mark Sr. no. of the relative part. In case of no error mark Sr no.5.

Ignore punctuation errors.

A 1. All the residents 2.complain of the 3.deteriorating law and order 4.situation of the  city.

B.1. He worked as good as 2.he could 3.but still his boss 4.was not happy with him.

C. 1.My brother 2. rented a house 3.which comprises of 4.four spacious rooms.

D. 1.He seldom 2.takes meat 3.but he is 4.fond of taking  fishes.

E. 1.A lunch posterior 2.than the meeting 3.was arranged by the host 4.for all the participants.

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Answers Exercise 6 :  

A. 4 is in place of are. The subject, where...when...how... is considered single.

B. No error.All parts are correct. 

C. 2. found in place of find.

D. 3. was in place of is. 

E. 2. would in place of will.

Answers Exercise No. E  7 :

 All the sentences of this exercise have of errors due to narration.

A. My boss said to me," Can you handle the project ?"= My boss enquired from me if I could handle the project.

B. I said to my friend," Where had you been for so many days?"

I asked my friend where he had been for so many days.

C. I asked her if she had seen my son in the garden.

D. She proposed to him.......

E. He suggested to his mother..... 

Answers Exercise No E 8. 

A. Unless you take your medicine........

B. 2. who he was.

C. My boss asked me why i.......

D. The manager asked me how long.........

E. 4. is all a mystery for us.

Answers Exercise No. C 9.

A. 2 complain about.....

B. 1. He worked as well as..........

C.3. delete of

D.4. fish instead of fishes.

E. 2. to the meeting