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Treasure hunt<br />
Read the procedure.<br />
bailey Park daily activities<br />
Today’s tresure hunt starts at 2 p.m.<br />
good luck!<br />
(Mums <strong>and</strong> Dads, if you<br />
haven’t got no enerjy to<br />
take part, you can send<br />
the kids with one of our<br />
volunteer guide.)<br />
You will need<br />
• a spade<br />
• good walking shoe<br />
what to do<br />
1. Walk to the snack hut <strong>and</strong> find the<br />
rock shaped like a dog.<br />
2. tern towards the swings <strong>and</strong> walk 20<br />
pasces.<br />
3. Search under the three bush directly<br />
in front of you take one of the<br />
number cards hidden underneath<br />
this is your treasure box number.<br />
1 Punctuation<br />
<strong>Editing</strong> skills<br />
(a) Find the 7 missing capital letters, 4 full<br />
stops <strong>and</strong> 1 comma. Add 1 colon in the<br />
title <strong>and</strong> 2 in the offset list.<br />
2 Grammar<br />
When the article ‘a’ is needed before a word<br />
beginning with a vowel sound, ‘an’ is used<br />
because it is easier to say; for example, ‘an egg’.<br />
Note: • Some words beginning with ‘h’<br />
need ‘an’ because the ‘h’ is silent,<br />
so the word starts with vowel<br />
sound; for example, an hour.<br />
• Some words beginning with a<br />
vowel need ‘a’ because the first<br />
sound is not a vowel sound; for<br />
example, a utility.<br />
(a) Write ‘a’ or ‘an’ before these words.<br />
(i) aviary (ii) honest man<br />
(iii) old tree (iv) hut<br />
(v) useful map (vi) uncle<br />
3 Spelling<br />
(a) Rule a line through each of the 6 misspelt<br />
words <strong>and</strong> write the correction above it.<br />
You can add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to most singular nouns<br />
to make them plurals.<br />
(b) There are 4 singular nouns in the text that<br />
should be plural. Write them correctly.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
4. Walk to the bird avary <strong>and</strong> ask the<br />
keeper to point out the oldest tree in<br />
the park<br />
5. Go to the tree Behind it you will see<br />
a small s<strong>and</strong>pit with 10 numbered<br />
cross marcked on it.<br />
4 Writing<br />
A double negative statement incorrectly uses<br />
two negative words; for example, ‘I haven’t<br />
got no more,’ should be ‘I haven’t any more’<br />
or ‘I have no more’.<br />
(a) Underline the line in the text containing a<br />
double negative. Write it correctly.<br />
6. dig under the cross with your<br />
number to find your treasure box.<br />
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