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title: "Edit text: practice and success"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
key: "semester_5/communication_english:edit-text-incessant-practices"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/edit-text-incessant-practices
site: BCT Engineering
---

# Edit text: practice and success

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2070 Chaitra, 5 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
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## Question

Edit the text given below:
Incessant practices went up. and the day came when we had to leave to America to study at an advance institute. Always my father was there to guide me. Today, I'm quite a successful pianist, but my father does not stop saying practice more. God smiles and the perfection just glitters when practice touches the top. I now know much than ever that ceaseless effort is the key of success.

## Short answer

Incessant practice went on, and the day came when we had to leave for America to study at an advanced institute. My father was always there to guide me... I now know better than ever that ceaseless effort is the key to success.

## Answer

#### Edited text
Incessant practice went on, and the day came when we had to leave for America to study at an advanced institute. My father was always there to guide me. Today, I'm quite a successful pianist, but my father does not stop saying, "Practise more." God smiles, and perfection just glitters when practice touches the top. I now know better than ever that ceaseless effort is the key to success.

#### Corrections made
- "practices" changed to the uncountable noun "practice"; "went up" changed to "went on".
- "leave to America" changed to "leave for America".
- "advance" changed to "advanced" (adjective).
- Word order "Always my father was there" changed to "My father was always there".
- Quotation marks and a comma added around "Practise more".
- Comma added before "and perfection"; "the perfection" changed to "perfection".
- "much than ever" changed to "better than ever"; "key of success" changed to "key to success".

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. 'Incessant practices went up' becomes:
   A. Incessant practices went on
   B. Incessant practice went on
   C. Incessant practising went up
   D. Incessant practices goes on
   Answer: B. 'Practice' here is uncountable, and 'went on' means continued. (Key point: Uncountable noun)

2. Which is correct: 'had to leave ... America'?
   A. to
   B. for
   C. at
   D. in
   Answer: B. 'Leave for' a place is the correct collocation. (Key point: Prepositions)

3. Where should 'always' go in 'Always my father was there'?
   A. Unchanged
   B. My father was always there
   C. My father there was always
   D. Always was my father there
   Answer: B. Frequency adverbs normally come after the verb 'was'. (Key point: Adverb position)

4. Correct 'I now know much than ever' and 'key of success'.
   A. more than ever; key for success
   B. better than ever; key to success
   C. much more ever; key of success
   D. better as ever; key at success
   Answer: B. 'Know better than ever' and 'key to success' are the correct forms. (Key point: Comparative and fixed phrase)

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