PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper

Hermes
Read the fable.
Editing skills
hermes was the son of the god zeus and an mountain nymph
he was a very speshal child who on his first day of life found
a empty tortoise shell and used it to make the first musical
instrament an lyre
hermes was known for his helpfullness to humanity when
perseus was ordored by the king to bring him medusas head
as a gift hermes provided him with an helmet to make him
invisable and magic sandals so that he could fly swiftly perseus
was able to complete his mission succesfuly thanks to the
asisstance hermes had given
as the patron of travelers it was hermess job to convey dead
soles to the underworld
hermes was also the mesenger of the gods he carried an
special staff and is often depicted wearing an straw hat
1 Punctuation
(a) Find the missing capital letters, full stops,
6 commas and 2 apostrophes.
2 Grammar
When the word ‘a’ is needed before a
word beginning with a vowel sound, it is
sometimes necessary to change it to ‘an’ to
make it easier to say; for example, ‘an apple’.
(a) Underline 6 errors in the text where ‘a’ and
‘an’ have been confused. Write the correct
word on the line at the end of the row.
Note:
Some words beginning with the letter ‘h’ need
‘an’ because the ‘h’ is silent, so the word starts
with a vowel sound; for example, ‘an hour’.
(b) Choose ‘a’ or ‘an’ for the following phrases.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
urgent message
helpful hint
original painting
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(iv)
(v)
(vi)
useful
appliance
honest
mistake
one-hit
wonder
Prepositions are positional words placed before
nouns and pronouns to indicate their relation to
other words; for example, ‘I went to bed after
dinner’, ‘My mother is worried about me’.
(c) Write the missing prepositions from the
text.
(i) Perseus was ordered
(ii) Hermes provided him
3 Spelling
the king.
a helmet.
(a) Write the correct spelling of 8 misspelt
words on the line at the end of the row.