Error Paragraphs/Editing Section
1 st Unit C-Reading: I Will Do It - Para No: 9 from the List
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He stood there even after he could no longer see the train or the waving hands. (22) It was the June 1962 in Mysore City. (23) Monsoon has set in as it was getting dark. (24) It had started to drizzling. (25) Yet he stood motionless there. He said to himself, without anger or jealousy, 'All students from the IITs study well and do big things in life. (26) But it is not the institution, ultimately it is you and you alone that can change your life by hard work. (SA-1 2023-24)
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Write the corrected word or phrase for each numbered error (22–26). Submit your answers to receive marks, then review the explanations.
Correct (22): It was the June of 1962 in Mysore City.
Explanation: “The” (article) is placed before “June” (proper noun) to specify a particular month. “Of” (preposition) is added to connect the month with the year.
Correct (23): Monsoon had set in as it was getting dark.
Explanation: “Had set” (verb, past perfect) replaces “has set” (verb, present perfect) to match the past tense context and to show the monsoon began before it got dark.
Correct (24): It had started to drizzle.
Explanation: “Drizzle” (verb, base form) replaces “drizzling” (present participle) after “to” (infinitive marker) for correct grammar.
Correct (25): Yet he stood there motionless.
Explanation: “There” (adverb of place) is added after “stood” (verb, past tense) for clarity, and “motionless” (adjective) describes his state.
Correct (26): But it is you and you alone who can change your life by hard work.
Explanation: “Who” (relative pronoun) correctly links the subject “you” (pronoun) to the verb “can change” (modal + verb).