Editing Exercises for Class 5 CBSE With Answers

The following passage has not been edited. There is an erpr in each line against which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the corrected word in your answer sheet against the blank as given in the example. Underline the corrected word that has been supplied.

Editing Exercises for Class 5 CBSE With Answers PDF

This grammar section explains English Grammar in a clear and simple way. There are example sentences to show how the language is used.

Editing is a stage of the writing process in which a writer improves a draft by correcting errors and by making words and sentences clearer, more precise and more effective.

Fundamentals

• Always follow PPACTS RULE while editing a passage.
• PPACTS stands for P – Preposition, P – Pronoun, A – Article/determiner, C – Conjunction, T – Tense/Verb Forms (singular/plural), S – Spelling After reading the passage, identify the tense and see whether it is appropriate to the context.
• Check the subject-verb agreement.

Editing Solved Exercise With Answers for Class 5 CBSE

Underline each error and write the correction in the space provided.

One morning, the Nawab call	a.	called
his minister and said him	b.	told
that I wanted the length and	c.	he
breadth from the earth	d.	of
measured. He also feel the	e.	felt
need to have the stars on the	f.	in
sky counted. The minister says	g.	said or replied
that the task he have been	h.	had
had set on being impossible.	i.	was

Editing Solved Exercises for Class 5 CBSE

In the following passages, there is an error in each line. The error has been underlined. Write the correction in the space provided.

Editing Exercise class 5 pdf – 1

A famous sportsman, name Harvey	____________
had attended the cycle race. He	____________
was a short man, but a greatest	____________
athlete and have won many	____________
prizes. He had six sons, who was	____________
brought up as sportsmen and every	____________
son had participated on the cycle	____________
race but were defeated bad.	____________

Editing Exercise class 5 pdf – 2

What nine years old Sunita did	____________
not like about school were the	____________
rules. Actually, Sunita did not liked	____________
rules of any sort, whether at school and	____________
at home. She hated to studying,	____________
sleep or eat at fixed timing. She wished	____________
she should be free, like the birds	____________
free to go everywhere she wanted.	____________

Editing Exercise class 5 pdf – 3

Once a beauty white mouse	____________
was born. As he grow up, his	____________
friends or family took note of	____________
his handsome face, her regal	____________
manner, and his pure white.	____________
His parents think how they	____________
would find a wife just so	____________
beautiful as the younger mouse.	____________