The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Find the incorrect word and write the correct word against it.

 

Incorrect word                    Correct word

Once Kalabai was ill. That afternoon his son                     e.g.____his_____                           ___her_____

called on a doctor. The doctor examines                              1.____________                           ____________

Kalabai and says, “It is just a bad cold.                                  2.____________                           ____________

Give him this mixture four times a day.”                               3.____________                           _____________

The next morning the son ran to a                                       4.____________                           _____________

hospital. She told the doctor, “Sir, my                                  5.____________                            _____________

mother is very ill. She has pain into her                               6.____________                            _____________

arms and back. She can not sleep well last night.               7.____________                            _____________

She just lie in bed and cried.” He further told                     8.____________                            _____________

the doctor that she was angry at him. The doctor              9.____________                            _____________

was surprised and asked the reason of his anger.             10.____________                            _____________

 

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Answers:

1. examines—examined
2. says—said
3. him—her
4. a—the
5. She—He
6. into—in
7. can—could
8. lie—lay
9. at—with
10. his—her