PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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Matthew’s story<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
• Apostrophes to show possession<br />
• Colons in titles<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
• Confused words: herd/heard, right/write<br />
Grammar<br />
• Adverbs<br />
• Adjectives<br />
Teacher information<br />
An autobiography is a type of recount. A recount retells events as they happened in time order.<br />
Recounts are usually written using verbs in the past tense.<br />
Answers<br />
My life: the story of Matthew Marsh<br />
I was born in London in 1967. My family’s main interest<br />
was sport <strong>and</strong> my parents actively<br />
encouraged me to play team sports from an<br />
early age. But I really didn’t enjoy playing sport. I<br />
preferred to play my violin.<br />
When I left school, I found a job as a baker’s assistant<br />
<strong>and</strong> kept practising my violin. One day, I heard that<br />
a new music group was looking for a violinist. I rang<br />
<strong>and</strong> nervously auditioned for the<br />
group’s lead singer the next day. To my delight, I got in.<br />
I enjoyed the b<strong>and</strong>’s music <strong>and</strong> spent the next<br />
few years happily playing electric violin. When<br />
the b<strong>and</strong> broke up in 1997, I started to write my own<br />
pop music. My songs have been performed by<br />
some of the world’s most famous singers. I now live in<br />
Los Angeles where I work in my home studio.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
interest<br />
actively<br />
encouraged<br />
early<br />
preferred<br />
assistant<br />
heard<br />
violinist<br />
nervously<br />
singer<br />
enjoyed<br />
happily<br />
write<br />
performed<br />
famous<br />
work<br />
1. Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
2. (a) Adverbs are underlined.<br />
actively, nervously, happily<br />
(b) Answers should include three of the following:<br />
main, team, early, baker’s, new, music, lead, next, few, electric, own, pop, famous, home<br />
3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
interest, encouraged, early, preferred, assistant, heard, violinist, singer, enjoyed, write,<br />
performed, famous, work<br />
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