The Thief's Story — Grammar Exercises
Two grammar exercises based on real NCERT sentences from this chapter. Practise the editing and gap-filling formats tested in CBSE Section B.
Exercise 1Editing / Error Correction
The sentence below has one grammatical error. Find the incorrect word and write the correction.
Show Answer & Explanation
'Trust' is a noun or verb, not an adjective. The adjective needed here is 'trusting' — it describes a person's quality (someone who easily trusts others). Compare: 'a trusted person' (someone who has been trusted by others) vs 'a trusting person' (someone who trusts easily). Anil was 'trusting' — he readily believed Hari, which made it hard for Hari to steal from him.
Exercise 2Gap Filling
Choose the option that best fills the blank in the sentence below.
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The NCERT text says Anil was 'teaching me to read and write and sometimes to add numbers.' The sequence is: read → write → add numbers. 'Cook' is mentioned elsewhere (Anil paid Hari by letting him buy food), but in this specific teaching context, it is reading and writing. 'Speak' and 'think' are not mentioned as things Anil taught.
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