PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper

School concert
Read the diary entry.
Editing skills
Dear diary
Today was the big day I felt so nervos about
playing my guitar in front of the hole school.
There were twentytwo of us from different clases
waiting offstage to perform all with diferent instruments.
When my name was called I slow walked on I had
a heartstopping moment wen I almost dropped my
gitar. But once I’d sat down and started playing, I felt
much better. I made a few mistaks but I managed to
keep going, so I hop noone noticed! When I’d finished
the audience began to applaud loud It felt great I
haven’t stopped smilling yet I can’t wait to play again.
1 Punctuation
(a) Find the 2 missing commas and 3 full
stops.
(b) Find the 3 missing hyphens and 2
exclamation marks.
2 Grammar
Adverbs are words that describe verbs, telling
‘how’, ‘when’ or ‘why’ something happens.
They often end in ‘ly’; for example, ‘happily’,
‘quickly’.
(a) Write the 2 adverbs that are missing the
‘ly’ ending in the space at the end of the
line.
(b) Add adverbs to describe the verbs in
these sentences. They do not have to
end in ‘ly’.
(i) Her hands shook .
(ii) The audience listened .
(iii) Although I don’t practise ,
I am improving.
3 Spelling
(a) Two plural
words from the
text are spelt
incorrectly. Write
the correct spelling
in the space at the end
of the line.
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(b) Write the 7 other misspelt words
correctly in the space at the end of the
line.
4 Vocabulary
(a) List as many musical instruments with
strings as you can. Use a dictionary to
make sure your spelling is correct.
guitar,
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