1. Correct the following paragraph for the kind of errors listed in the bracket.

There are six errors

in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of verb, preposition,
article, sequence of sentence)
When I reached the bus station, the bus already left. Had I reached ten minutes earlier, I could catch
it. I decided to wait the next bus. The next bus was half hour late. I wanted to call my mother. I tried
to take out my cell phone. I was shocked to find that someone stole it. I decided to not put phone in
my outer pocket.

2. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in bracket. There are six errors in all.
Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of subject-verb agreement, pronoun,
verb/tense, preposition, punctuation, degree of adjective) (06)
Flowers are perhaps one of the more beautiful things that nature possesses. They fills our homes,
gardens and parks. You can find him everywhere you look around. They spoke one language-the
language of love. Flowers, especially red roses are a symbol off affection and love all over the world.
Who doesn’t like to have flowers.

3. There are five errors of pronoun, narration, verb, noun and preposition in the given paragraph.
Rewrite the paragraph after correcting the errors. Underline the corrected words: (05)
The teacher asked all the boys who has stolen the bag which lost the previous day. If any of the
boy came with a clue, he would save himself from punishment. But neither of the boys were guilty
for this misconduct.

4. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in bracket. There are six errors in
all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of subject-verb agreement,
infinitive, pronoun, adverb, missing preposition, missing conjunction) (06)
Educated women generally proves to be good wives. They are able keep a balanced economy and save
their husbands from unnecessary worries. If the husband of an educated woman dies, she can manage
to bring up their children by adopting the profession of a teacher or a nurse at least. On the other hand,
an illiterate woman fails to manage her affairs, and consequent, her children are often spoiled, become
criminals. Unfortunately, many parents do not like to send their daughters schools and colleges simply
because, in their view, the system of female education in our country is awfully bad. Our schools and
colleges do not help in making our children good citizens of the future; instead, they create in them a
love for fashion western ways of living.

5. There are SIX errors in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of
article, adjective, singular- plural use of noun, helping verbs and spelling) (6)
We visited the northern areas of our country last summer and were extremely happier to see the
beautiful sceneries. Dir, Chitral and Gilgit was visited one after another. The mountainous areas of our
country is no less beautiful than the Alpine countryside of Europ.

6. There are six errors in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of
subject-verb agreement, pronoun, verb/tense, preposition, punctuation, degree of adjective)
The Arctic fox is comparable in size to the domestic cat. It inhabits the so-called “kingdom of the polar
bear”, the area midway between Norway and the North Pole. This canine predator easily adjust to
extreme weather conditions. During the winter months, its white coat is ideal camouflage in these
rough northern climates. The Arctic fox can roam in all winter without hibernating. It’s fur is the
thickest of all Arctic mammals. Its insulation allows it to grow, even though winter temperatures
normally fall in -50 degrees Celsius. When nutrition becomes scarce, the Arctic fox may follow polar
bears as they pursue seals on the perilous sea ice. This strategy is hazardous, not only because of the
possibility of falling into freezing water, but also because polar bears will consume Arctic foxes if it
can catch them.
7. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in bracket. There are six errors in
all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of subject-verb agreement,
pronoun, verb/tense, preposition, gerund, infinitive) (06)
Marta is in sophomore college. She is working on a degree in Special Education. She work as a camp
counsellor every summer. The camp is a special camp of children with physical and mental
disadvantages. Marta helps the kids get exercise and make better their social skills. The kids love swim
every afternoon in the summer. They goes bowl once a week. The children really like the camping out
in tents. Marta always has wanted work with kids with disabilities. She is looking forward to a career
in Special Education.

8. Correct the following passage for the kinds of errors listed within brackets. Then rewrite only
the revised correct passage. (article, preposition, verb, subject-verb relationship, noun)

“The honesty is the best policy” is wise saying. It teach us to do unto others what we wish to be do
with. Honesty can spread only if we start behave with others the way we like others to behave to us.
Honesty is universal law. Nobody deny it and even dishonest peoples are honest to one another.

9. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are five
errors in all. Then rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in adverb, article,
preposition, subject- antecedent agreement and verb)
A good friend is a valuable asset, while a bad and selfish friend is a continuous liability. We must,
therefore, be much careful in the selection of friends. The man is known by the company they keep. A
good and noble friend is a great blessing. In fact, a true friend is a person who stand with us through
thick and thin without any selfish motives.

10. There are six errors in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of
verb, article, adverb, preposition, noun and infinitive) 06
People speak and behave different depending to where they are and who they are with. For example,
you would introduce in different ways to your best friend, to the very young child or to your head
teacher. This aspect of language known as register. The word ‘register’ is used to described the variety
of way in which we talk.

11. Correct the following passage for the kinds of errors listed within brackets. Then rewrite only
the revised correct passage. (subject-verb agreement, pronouns, articles, conjunction, correct
tense, spelling, preposition) (5)

Trees gives shade to the benefit of others. While they themself stand in the sun or endure scorching
heat, they produce fruit by which others profit. A character of good men are like that of trees. Life
itself is inprofitable to a man who do not live for others. Those who laid down their lives for the sake
of a friend, or even a stranger, will certainly live forever in a world for bliss.

12. There are six errors in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of
pronoun, article, adverb, preposition, verb and adjective) 06

Never do I feel much delighted than when I am walking in the moonlight alone. It is the romantic
charm of the moon that keep me forgetful of the worries of life. The experience of walk in the
moonlight is comparable to that of the most loveliest dreams. For, while the moon is hitting to me in
its full glory with their milky arrows, I do not feel the touch of the ground. I rather feel as if I am flying
lightly above the ground towards some unknown destination.
13. Correct the following passage for the kinds of errors listed within brackets. Then rewrite the
passage as You have revised it. There are Six errors in all.(noun, article, subject-verb
relationship, pronoun, preposition, conjunction) (06)

Fashions are useful in way. They provides colour, brightness, variety to college life. They make
students careful for their dress and behaviour. There are harmfulls of fashions, too. Quite often students
begin spending too much money on their dresses. They become unnecessarily dress-conscious, and
waste there precious time and money.

14. Correct the following passage for the kinds of errors listed within brackets. Then rewrite the
passage as you have revised it. (Errors in verb, errors in preposition, missing pronoun, missing
article, error in adjective, wrong spelling)
I lose so many things that I could swear it just get up and walk. Perhaps I have never admit it-ever to
myself, but I am extremely jealous from people who are so orderly that they never lose anything. Most
of friends almost seem to have place for everything and everything is in its place. I hate comparing
myself to them. They have specially cupboards for tools, hooks to hang things on and drawers to put
things. It is quiet impossible for me to compete with them.

15. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the brackets. There are six
errors in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it (Errors in the use of Spelling,
Noun, Tense, subject-verb agreement, adjective and preposition)
Hypertention or high blood pressure is a common condition that will catch up with most peoples who
lived into older age. Blood pressure is the force of blood pressing against the walls of our arteries
when it's too high; it raise the heart's workload and can cause seriously damage to the arteries.
Overtime, uncontrolled high blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease, stroke and kidney
disease.

16. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it (Errors in the use of wrong tense, pronoun,
subject-verb agreement, article, adjective and spelling)
Wars connot be fight without youngmen, and it is the youth of a country which have to pay the
maximum penalty during a war. They fight and is killed and the weak and an old are left to carry on
the next genaration. Many bravely youngmen would have developed into great poets and scientists if
they had not gone to the wars.

17. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it (Errors in the use of adverb, pronoun, noun,
article, verb and spelling)
People speak and behave different depending on where they are and whom they are. For example, you
would introduce yourself in different way to your best friend, to very young child, or to your teacher.
This aspect of language known as 'register'. The word register is used to discribe the variety of different
way in which we talked.

18. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of verb, article, adjective,
singular-plural use of nouns).
A man who had been broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few week before Christmas. From
the moment he arrived there, he kept on pester his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go
home. He dread having to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, the patient's
recovery was slowly. On Christmas day, man still had his right leg in plaster. He spent a miserable day
in bed thinking of the fun he was missing.
19. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of verb, article, subject
verb agreement, conjunction)
Most of us have formed unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert
island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shine. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit fall
from the trees and you never have to work. Other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a
desert island is wretched. You either starve to death and live like Robinson Crusoe, wait for a boat
which never come.

20. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it (Errors in the use of articles, verb, spelling,
tense, singular plural use of noun)
Karachi being largest city of our country at the Arabian seacoast, its importance can not be belittle.
The saddest fact about this city is over-population which is badly effecting the situations. If we loved
this city, all the problem should be seriously attended.

21. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of pronoun, adverb,
article, spelling and verb etc.)
A flower is pretty by himself, but a diamond needs a lot of cutting and polishing before it will sparkle
into a thousands colours. Men is like a rough diamond and requires polishing before all his faculties
function full. Education is a kind of polishing and filling to human brain so that it may reach its full
development. It enables one to leading better life.

22. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of tense, article,
preposition, pronoun and spelling etc.)
If you agreed with me earlier, you would not have suffered thus. I gave you chance to rise to heights
of success by effort and wise planning. But you did not avail of the uppertunity. Now I offer you other
opening.

23. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-Write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of pronoun, preposition,
article, adverb and vocabulary).
The world in the next century will be much more advanced then our. We may have much better
facilities for life. We may have food in form of pills or capsules. We may have teaching machines to
teach different subjects in little time. The travel to other planets will be easy and comforting. Everyone
will be able to enjoy much.

24. Correct the following paragraph for the kind of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it (Errors in the form of verb/tense, noun and
preposition)
Ahmed is my friend since last two years. He is one of the brightest boy in my class. He often comes
to my house and help me in study. His father as well as other member from his family has no objection
to it.
25. Correct the following paragraph for the kind of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it (Errors in the use of the form of verb,
pronoun, preposition and article)
The Jury was divided in its verdict against the criminal who broke off from prison. Neither of the
members were satisfied from the efforts of law enforcement agencies. There has been many instances
when a criminal was sent to the prison and he managed to bail out in such a way.

26. Correct the following paragraph for the kind of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors are in the form of subject-verb
agreement, article, preposition, degree of adjective and conjunction)
Forests is groups of trees and shrubs but they are also communities of flowers, insects, birds, soil and
air. Trees are however, a dominant type of life into the forest. Forests are man's great of friends, but
today trees and forests is being destroyed at a great speed.

27. Correct the following paragraph for the kind of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors are in the form of subject-verb
agreement, punctuation, error in pronoun, tense, degree of adjective and preposition)
How many of us says, 'Sorry' as often as we should acknowledging ones mistakes and humbling
ourselves to admit we can be wrong. In the teens particularly, it is the hard to admit this fact. We
always justify our actions or put the blame upon someone else.

28. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors are in the form of subject-verb
agreement, article, plural, preposition and tense)
Launching a satellite require the powerful rocket, along with delicate controls. First the rocket must
raise a satellite at least 100 miles into the Earth's surface to avoid air resistance. Then it must point the
satellite horizontally and gave it a speed. At that speed, the satellite will keeps moving round and round
the earth without any further attention.

29. Correct the following paragraph for the kind of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it (Errors in the use of verb, preposition, noun,
and pronoun)
The accused with all other suspects were brought to the court with Police custody. The Jury consisted
of three members who conducted the trial. Each of the members were very keen to know every detail
of the case. In the end, the Jury was not unanimous in its verdict and the trial came to nothing.

30. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the brackets. There are six
errors in all. Rewrite the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of verb, pronoun,
noun, preposition, Adverb etc.).
In 1848, at the age of Twenty-six Louis Pasteur become Deputy Professor of Chemistry in the
University of Strasburg, and here he met his future wife, which was the daughter of the rector of the
Strasburg academy. They married in 1850 and it seems that Pasteur was so buried at his work on the
wedding day that he entire forgot the ceremony and had to be fetched by a friend.

31. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the brackets. There are six
errors in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Preposition, pronoun, noun,
adjective, verb).
I tried to grab his hairs but the boy was much taller than me. My younger brother quickly jumped
among the two of us and consequently received a blow on his left shoulder. The boy got more angrier
at my brother's interference. However, now we were two on one and the fast blows from my brother
and me did not allow him to dominate us. The fight was intercept by two grown-up passer-byes, who
separated us and forced us to go away in our desired directions.
32. Correct the following paragraph for the kinds of errors listed in the bracket. There are six errors
in all. Re-write the paragraph as you have revised it. (Errors in the use of verb, noun, preposition
and article)
What if some one told you about a kind of grass that grow as tall as the tallest trees? A grass that can
be made as strong as steel? A grass from which houses, furnitures, boats and hundreds of other useful
things can be made? A grass that you would even enjoy eating? Would you believe of that person?
You should, for that grass is bamboo, the "wood" of 1001 uses. Bamboo may look like woods, but it
is part of the family of plants that include wheat, oats and barley. This grass is not just a material for
making useful products. Young bamboo is eaten, often mixed with other vegetables. A Bamboo grows
in many parts of the world. In the United States it grows in area from Virginia West to Indiana and
South to Florida and Texas.

33. There are five errors of preposition, adverb, article, verb and spelling in the given paragraph.
Rewrite the paragraph after correcting the errors. Underline the corrected words:
The causes of unhappiness of our society are different. These are social, psychological, economical,
educational and political. Poverty and social injustice are the basic problems of today. In olden times,
life were simple but people were satisfied. Today, a simplicity has depatred from our lives.

34. There are FIVE errors of adjective, verb, pronoun and adverb in the given paragraph. Rewrite
the paragraph after correcting the errors. Underline the corrected words. (5)
“A good citizen is much aware than others of the fact that he is indebted to his society in many ways.
He knows that the labour and work of countless persons have enriched his life. His life, to a great
extent, depend on others. He is the one which has received many material and spiritual benefits from
others. It is only just right that he should pay his debts. How does good citizen pay his debts to the
society by living a useful and fruitful life? He lives not for himself alone. He lives for others. He pays
his taxes honestly. He does not behave miserly. He takes keen interest in affairs of the state.

35. There are FIVE errors of sentence structure, spelling, article, adverb and pronoun in the given
paragraph. Rewrite the paragraph after correcting the errors. Underline the corrected words. (5)
“How anyone can forget the contribution of students in the struggle for Pakistan. The Quaid himself
appreciated their role greatly. But once the separate homeland for Muslims of the Sub-continent
became a reality, he advised them to focus full on their studies. He know that the nations that had
made education their priority they had touched the heights of success.