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The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number.[1/2 * 8 = 4].
INCORRECT CORRECT
Newton had a little dog name Diamond. One day he is fifty years (a)___________ __________ old, he went out of his room, left the (b)___________ __________
dog asleep. On the table lie his (c)___________ __________
paper. They contained all the discovery which (d)___________ __________
he had made while the last twenty years. When (e)___________ __________
he was gone, down rose little Diamond. He (f)___________ __________
jumped upon the table and overthrow the lighted (g)___________ __________
candle. The papers caught fire. They were reduce (h)___________ __________
to a heap of ashes.
Incorrect Correct
a) is was
b) left leaving
c) lie lay
d) discovery discoveries
e) while during
f) down up
g) overthrow overthrew
h) reduce reduced
a) is was
b) left leaving
c) lie lay
d) discovery discoveries
e) while during
f) down up
g) overthrow overthrew
h) reduce reduced