Error Paragraphs/Editing Section
8 th Unit: C-Reading: What is My Name - Para No: 46 from the List
Practice page · 20.46 46th_Er_Pr
Write Your Answers
Write the corrected word or phrase for each numbered error (22–26). Submit your answers to receive marks, then review the explanations.
Correct (22): Overjoyed, the housewife began living with swabbing as the chief mission in her life.
Explanation: The preposition as is required to show a role or purpose.
• living with swabbing since the chief mission ❌
• living with swabbing as the chief mission ✔️
Correct (23): She scrubbed the house spotlessly clean at all times and beautifully decorated it with multi-coloured designs.
Explanation: The adverb spotlessly describes how clean the house became.
• scrubbed the house spotless clean ❌
• scrubbed the house spotlessly clean ✔️
Correct (24): That’s how her life went on, with a sumptuous and ceaseless supply of swabbing cloths and muggu baskets.
Explanation: How is used to show the manner in which her life continued.
• That’s why her life went on ❌
• That’s how her life went on ✔️
Correct (25): But one day while scrubbing the floor, the housewife suddenly asked herself, “What is my name?”
Explanation: While shows two actions happening at the same time.
• during scrubbing ❌
• while scrubbing ✔️
Correct (26): The query shook her up.
Explanation: The phrasal verb shake up means to shock or disturb.
• shook her off ❌
• shook her up ✔️