The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction against the correct blank number. The first one is done as an example.
You are very trusting with my servant. The local
Incorrect: my
Correct: your
‘My’ is the incorrect form of pronoun to be used in the sentence. ‘Your’ is used because the second person is being referred here.
(a) Grain merchant warns me one day
Incorrect: warns
Correct: warned
‘Warns’ is the incorrect form of the verb to be used in the sentence. Instead ‘warned’ is used. This is because the past form of the verb is needed in this sentence to make it grammatically and contextually correct.
(b) You shall lock up your house when you
Incorrect: shall
Correct: should
‘Should’ should be used instead of ‘shall’ to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. This is because again the sentence is indicating a past action. So, the past form of the verb is to be used in the sentence. It is also pointing towards a general habit of locking the house when one goes out. So, modal ‘should’ is to be used.
(c) Go out and let the boy sleeps elsewhere.
Incorrect: sleeps
Correct: sleep
‘Sleeps’ is the incorrect form of the verb to be used in the sentence. Instead ‘sleep’ should be used to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. This is because the plural form of the verb is to be used in the sentence.
(d) Some of this boy turn out to be thieves
Incorrect: this
Correct: these
‘This’ is the incorrect form of pronoun to be used in the sentence. Instead ‘these’ should be used to make it correct. This is because the plural form of the pronoun is to be used in the sentence as the sentence is pointing towards a plural subject.
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