Question

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided.

	Error	correction
Traditionally the festival of Holi is told to	(a) ______	______
mark a beginning of summer. While	(b) ______	______
there are some people who rise a cheer	(c) ______	______
at that prospect, the rest of us neither sigh	(d) ______	______
resignedly or contemplate suicide, and began to	(e) ______	______
hunt out our cottons, servicing all our cooling	(f) ______	______
devices, hang in the chiks, and prepare to	(g) ______	______
endure the season for heat, dust and sweat	(h) ______	______

Variety, HT March 20, 2011.

Answer 1

	Error	correction
Traditionally the festival of Holi is told to	(a) told	celebrated
mark a beginning of summer. While	(b) a	the
there are some people who rise a cheer	(c) rise	raise
at that prospect, the rest of us neither sigh	(d) neither	either
resignedly or contemplate suicide, and began to	(e) began	begin
hunt out our cottons, servicing all our cooling	(f) servicing	service
devices, hang in the chiks, and prepare to	(g) hang in	hang
endure the season for heat, dust and sweat	(h) for	of