MRK ACADEMY
Grammar Error Detection & Correction
Class X | English | Chapter: A Letter to God (Nelson Mandela)
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SET 1
1 Lencho was a simple farmers who lived on a hill.
2 He expecting rain so that his crops would grow.
3 Suddenly a strong wind begin to blow.
4 Soon the hailstones destroying the entire field.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) farmers | farmer |
| (b) expecting | expected |
| (c) begin | began |
| (d) destroying | destroyed |
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SET 2
1 Lencho hoped the rain will help the corn.
2 The drops falling from the sky looked as new coins.
3 But the hailstones fell for a hour.
4 Not a single leaf were left untouched.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) will | would |
| (b) as | like |
| (c) a hour | an hour |
| (d) were | was |
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SET 3
1 Lencho and his family were disappoint after the storm.
2 He told them that they had lose everything.
3 He believed that God never forget his children.
4 He decide to write a letter.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) disappoint | disappointed |
| (b) lose | lost |
| (c) forget | forgets |
| (d) decide | decided |
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SET 4
1 Lencho wrote the letter with a great confident.
2 He ask God to send him hundred pesos.
3 He said he needed to sow his field again.
4 He posted the letter on the next morning.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) confident | confidence |
| (b) ask | asked |
| (c) hundred | a hundred |
| (d) on the next morning | the next morning |
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SET 5
1 The postman was surprise to see the letter addressed to God.
2 He take it to the postmaster immediately.
3 The postmaster laugh but admired Lencho’s faith.
4 He decide to help the man.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) surprise | surprised |
| (b) take | took |
| (c) laugh | laughed |
| (d) decide | decided |
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SET 6
1 The postmaster collected money from his employees.
2 They could not arrange the full amount, but still he send it.
3 They put the money in a envelop.
4 They signed the letter as ‘God’.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) he send | he sent |
| (b) a envelop | an envelope |
| (c) in a envelop | in an envelope |
| (d) as ‘God’ | as ‘God’ |
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SET 7
1 Lencho was not shock on receiving the money.
2 He thought God had answer his prayer.
3 When he counted the amount, he became furious.
4 He feel that someone had cheated him.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) shock | shocked |
| (b) answer | answered |
| (c) When | When he |
| (d) feel | felt |
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SET 8
1 Lencho write another letter to God.
2 He said that God must send the rest money.
3 He request God not to send it through the post office.
4 He called the employees a bunch of crooks.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) write | wrote |
| (b) rest money | rest of the money |
| (c) request | requested |
| (d) employes | employees |
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SET 9
1 The postmaster read the second letter quiet nervously.
2 He could not believe that Lencho doubt him.
3 He wished to keep the man’s faith untouch.
4 But he also felt very upset.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) quiet | quite |
| (b) doubt | doubted |
| (c) untouch | untouched |
| (d) — | No error |
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SET 10
1 Lencho had a unshakeable faith in God.
2 He believe that God would help him always.
3 He never question God’s ways.
4 His trust were pure and innocent.
| Error | Correction |
|---|---|
| (a) a unshakeable | an unshakeable |
| (b) believe | believed |
| (c) question | questioned |
| (d) were | was |
Official Answer Key
SET 1
(a) farmers → farmer
(b) expecting → expected
(c) begin → began
(d) destroying → destroyed
SET 2
(a) will → would
(b) as → like
(c) a hour → an hour
(d) were → was
SET 3
(a) disappoint → disappointed
(b) lose → lost
(c) forget → forgets
(d) decide → decided
SET 4
(a) confident → confidence
(b) ask → asked
(c) hundred → a hundred
(d) on the next morning → the next morning
SET 5
(a) surprise → surprised
(b) take → took
(c) laugh → laughed
(d) decide → decided
SET 6
(a) he send → he sent
(b) a envelop → an envelope
(c) in a envelop → in an envelope
(d) as ‘God’ → as ‘God’
SET 7
(a) shock → shocked
(b) answer → answered
(c) When → When he
(d) feel → felt
SET 8
(a) write → wrote
(b) rest money → rest of the money
(c) request → requested
(d) employes → employees
SET 9
(a) quiet → quite
(b) doubt → doubted
(c) untouch → untouched
(d) No error
SET 10
(a) a unshakeable → an unshakeable
(b) believe → believed
(c) question → questioned
(d) were → was
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