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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

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