PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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Flying carpet<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Full stops<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
• Question marks<br />
• Apostrophes for grammatical contractions<br />
• Quotation marks for direct speech<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
• Plurals (‘s’ <strong>and</strong> ‘es’)<br />
Grammar<br />
• Adverbs<br />
Teacher information<br />
Narratives tell a story in a sequence of events.<br />
Answers<br />
‘Antique shops are so boring’, sighed Alex. ‘When do you think Mum<br />
will be finished?’ He glanced swiftly over his shoulder. She was inspecting some<br />
dusty glasses.<br />
‘Soon, I hope’, said Shane, scuffing his shoes on the floor. ‘Then …’ He stopped<br />
suddenly <strong>and</strong> gasped.<br />
‘What’s wrong?’ asked Alex.<br />
‘That rug … it’s hovering!’<br />
‘What are you talking about?’ Alex looked where Shane was<br />
pointing. Next to a stack of boxes, a tatty, blue rug he hadn’t noticed before was<br />
floating a few centimetres above the floorboards.<br />
‘It must be a trick’, said Shane. He carefully placed one foot on the rug. It rose slightly<br />
<strong>and</strong> began flapping quickly.<br />
‘I think it wants to go somewhere’, whispered Alex. ‘I don’t think it’s a trick, Shane. This<br />
must be a real flying carpet.’<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
1. Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
2 (a) Adverbs are underlined.<br />
swiftly, carefully, quickly<br />
3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
shoulder, scuffing, stopped, wrong, where, stack, noticed, floating, floorboards, began,<br />
whispered<br />
(b) glasses, boxes, Teacher check<br />
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