Thursday, 29 September 2016

Fill in the blanks :--

Voracious      Indiscriminate     Steeped    Repleted


1) The football game was _______ with excitement and great plays.

2) My cousin is so _____ in schoolwork that my friends call him a bookworm.

3) After skiing,I find that I have a _____ appetite.

4) Modern warfare often results in the ______ killing of combatants and innocent civilians. 

5) The mayor refused to _____ as to his margin of victory in the elections


Answers :--
1) repleted
2) steeped
3) voracious
4) indiscriminate
5) prognosticate

Vocab

Voracious :- great eagerness

 Indiscriminate :- filled with 

Steep  :-  soak in water 

Replete :- very full of something 



Common Errors (verb)

Incorrect- He has given his examination.
Correct- He has appeared at his examination.

Incorrect- Tell me what is your name.
Correct- Tell me what your name is.

Incorrect- I wish I was a king.
Correct- I wish I were a king.

Incorrect- Each of them were awarded.
Correct- Each of them was awarded.

Incorrect- Either you or I are guilty.
Correct- Either you or I am guilty.

Incorrect- It is you who is guilty.
Correct- It is you who are guilty.

Incorrect- He said that he can help me.
Correct- He said that he could help me.

Incorrect-My tooth is paining.
Correct- My tooth is aching.



Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Common Errors (Adjectives)

Incorrect- He was the wisest of the two.
Correct- He was the wiser of the two.

Incorrect- You are more stronger than him.
Correct- You are more stronger than he.

Incorrect- This is a most unique opportunity for you.
Correct- This a unique opportunity for you. 

Incorrect- Kalidas is greater than all poets.
Correct- Kalidas is greater than all other poets.

Incorrect- The climate of Ranchi is better than Patna.
Correct- The climate of Ranchi is better than that of Patna.

Incorrect- This cloth is more inferior than that.
Correct- This cloth is inferior to that.

Incorrect- He has no any pen.
Correct- He has not any pen.

Error correction (Pronouns)

Incorrect- He is taller than me.
Correct- He is taller than I.

Incorrect- He absented from school

Correct- He absented himself from school.

Incorrect- He, I and you are friends.

Correct- You, he and I are friends.

Incorrect- My all friends are absent.

Correct- All my friends are absent.

Incorrect- Let him and I go together.

Correct- Let him and me go together.

Incorrect- He cooked himself.

Correct- He cooked food himself.

Incorrect- It is All India Radio.

Correct- This is All India Radio.

Common Errors (Nouns)

Incorrect- He got a freeship.
Correct- He got a free-studentship.

Incorrect- He gave me fooding and lodging.
Correct- He gave me food and lodging.

Incorrect- I have purchased his furnitures.
Correct- I have purchased his furniture.

Incorrect- There are five sheeps in the field.
Correct- There are five sheep in the field.

Incorrecr- He is my cousin brother..
Correct- He is my cousin.

Incorrect- I have read several poetries.
Correct- I have read several poems.

Incorrect- I saw two females there.
Correct- I saw two women there.

Incorrect- She is ten years old.
Correct- She is a ten-year old girl.

Common Errors (Articles)

Incorrect-  He has got headache.
Correct- He has got a headache.

Incorrect- This is a red and a blue pencil.

Correct- This is a red and blue pencil.

Incorrect- There are few boys present in the class.

Correct- There are a few boys present in the class.



Incorrect- He reads in a H.E. School.
Correct- He reads in an H.E. School.

Incorrect- I go to school on the foot.

Correct- I go to school on foot.

Incorrect- I have hundred pens.

Correct- I have a hundred pens.

Incorrect- Do you play the football ?

Correct- Do you play football ?

Incorrect- The cholera is a dangerous disease.

Correct- Cholera is a dangerous disease.