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Question
The following paragraph has an error in each line. Identify the error and write its correction against the correct blank number. The first one has been done as an example.
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Air pollution is emerging like a | e.g. | like | as |
| global problem among the world. | (a) | ______ | ______ |
| Much of our cities have | (b) | ______ | ______ |
| industries which is responsible for 20% of the pollutants. |
(c) | ______ | ______ |
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Solution
| Incorrect | Correct | ||
| Air pollution is emerging like a | e.g. | like | as |
| global problem among the world. | (a) | among | around |
| Much of our cities have | (b) | Much | Many |
| industries which is responsible for 20% of the pollutants. |
(c) | is | are |
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