PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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The Great Barrier Reef<br />
Read the description.<br />
<strong>Editing</strong> skills<br />
the great barrier reef is the largest coral reef in the wurld it is nearly two thous<strong>and</strong><br />
kilometres long <strong>and</strong> stretch along most of the north-eastern coastline of australia<br />
althow the reef is so large it are actually made of very small coral polyps <strong>and</strong> algae<br />
the hard part of the reef is made from the skelertons of these small creatures<br />
1 Punctuation<br />
(a) Find the 10 missing capital letters, 6 full<br />
stops <strong>and</strong> 4 commas.<br />
2 Grammar<br />
The subject <strong>and</strong> verb must always agree in<br />
person <strong>and</strong> in number. For example; ‘she<br />
swims’, but ‘we swim’.<br />
(a) In the text, circle the 3 verbs that do<br />
not agree with their subjects. Write the<br />
correction above each word.<br />
(b) Circle the verbs below that agree with<br />
their subjects.<br />
(i) The children was/were interested in<br />
marine science.<br />
(ii) They wants/want to see the Great<br />
Barrier Reef.<br />
(iii) It is/are under threat.<br />
(iv) It has/have to be protected.<br />
coral polyps is not as they appear members<br />
of the plant family but are really small<br />
aminals that have poisonous tentacles these<br />
animals feed on plancton <strong>and</strong> when they die<br />
they’re skelingtons remain<br />
Prepositions are positional words placed before<br />
nouns <strong>and</strong> pronouns to indicate their relation<br />
to other words; for example, ‘I had my shower<br />
after dinner’, ‘My mother is proud of me’.<br />
(c) Write the missing prepositions from the<br />
text.<br />
(i) the largest coral reef<br />
the world<br />
(ii) it stretches<br />
north-eastern coastline.<br />
(iii) the reef is made<br />
skeletons of coral polyps.<br />
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Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com <strong>Proofreading</strong> <strong>and</strong> editing skills 41<br />
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3 Spelling<br />
(a) Underline the 7 spelling errors <strong>and</strong> write<br />
the correction above each word.<br />
4 Vocabulary<br />
A good choice of vocabulary can make a<br />
piece of writing more interesting.<br />
feast venomous solid vast<br />
in length tiny most extensive<br />
(a) Replace the bold words or phrases in the<br />
text with those from the list above. Write<br />
the new words or phrases above the<br />
originals.