PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper

Improve your freestyle swimming stroke
Read the procedure.
Requirements
swimming pool ability to swim freestyle
swimming costume goggles swim cap
Method
keep the elbow bent during the pull
phase when the arm is in front of the
body use the hand and lower arm as a
paddle
accelerate the arm movement (through/
threw) the push phase until the arm is
fully extended behind the body
bend the elbow to lift the arm and hand
clear of the (warter/water)
tilt the head to the side and glance
behind at the raised arm the (mouth/
mowth) will be just clear of the water
take a breath
extend the arm forward and return the
face to the water
as the hand enters the water extend
it further to catch ‘still’ water before
beginning the pull phase
1 Punctuation
Editing skills
(a) Write in the 13 capital letters, 11 full
stops, 1 question mark, 2 grammatical
commas and 4 in a list. Add 2 colons in
offset lists.
2 Grammar
Command verbs are used to give clear,
precise instructions.
(a) Underline the 13 command verbs.
An adverb describes a verb and an adjective
describes a noun.
(b) Are these words adjectives (adj.) or
adverbs (adv.) in the text? Highlight the
correct boxes.
(i) bent
adv. adj.
(ii) fully
adv. adj.
(iii) completely
adv. adj.
(iv) alternately
adv. adj.
(c) List 6 nouns referring to body parts.
3 Spelling
(a) Circle the correct spelling from each pair
of words in brackets.
Viewing Sample
4 Vocabulary
(a) Find the meaning of the following words.
exhale completely (through/though) the
mouth and nose
at all times kick the legs alternately
work from the thighs to keep the legs
(straight/strait)
(i) accelerate
(ii) glance
(iii) extend
(iv) exhale
Evaluation:
has your stroke improved
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