PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper

Flying carpet
Read the narrative.
Editing skills
‘Antique shops are so boring’ sighed Alex ‘When do you think Mum
will be finished’ He glanced swift over his sholder. She was inspecting some
dusty glasses.
Soon, I hope said Shane, scufing his shoes on the floor. ‘Then …’ He stoped
suddenly and gasped
‘What’s rong’ asked Alex.
That rug … its hovering!
‘What are you talking about’ Alex looked wher Shane was
pointing Next to a stak of boxes, a tatty, blue rug he hadn’t notised before was
flowting a few centimetres above the florboards.
‘It must be a trick’ said Shane. He carefull placed one foot on the rug It rose slightly
and beggan flapping quick.
‘I think it wants to go somewhere’, wispered Alex. ‘I dont think its a trick Shane. This
must be a real flying carpet’
1 Punctuation
(a) Write the 4 missing commas, 5 full stops,
3 question marks and 3 apostrophes.
The actual words spoken by a person are
called direct speech. This begins and ends
with quotation marks.
(b) Write in the 2 sets of quotation marks
missing from the direct speech in the text.
2 Grammar
3 Spelling
(a) Write the correct spelling of the 11
misspelt words.
Viewing Sample
Adverbs are words that describe verbs. They
often end in ‘ly’; for example, ‘happily’, ‘slowly’.
(a) Three adverbs from the text are missing
the ‘ly’ ending. Write them correctly below.
(b) Write two plural words from the text that
end in ‘es’. Add three more plurals of
your own that end in ‘es’.
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