PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper

Letter to the editor
Read the discussion text in the form of a letter.
Editing skills
12 March 2006
Dear Sir
I am concerned about the lillydale councils proposel
to chopp down 20 trees in baker park to make way for
an outdoor cinema. Baker Parks trees is precious.
Some of it are more than 50 years old and they
provides many animals and birds with a home.
Councillor candace quigley said yestaday ‘Baker Park
is the only possible site for the sinema.
Her is not correct. There are three other parks in the local
area, all of which has plenty of treeless space for the
cinema. Why knot use one of these
An outdoor cinema would be a wonderfull addition to
our communitys fasilities, but not at the cost of our
environment. What is other peoples opinions
Yours faithfully
Charlotte johnson
1 Punctuation
(a) Add 4 missing apostrophes to show
possession, 7 capital letters for proper
nouns, 2 question marks and the missing
quotation mark.
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(b) Write today’s date using the same form
and punctuation as the letter.
2 Grammar
In any sentence, the subject and the verb
have to agree in person and in number. For
example, ‘He writes’ but ‘They write’.
(a) Four verbs in the text do not agree with their
subjects. Write the correct form of each
verb in the space at the end of the line.
Pronouns are words that replace nouns; e.g.
‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘him’, ‘it’.
(b) Circle the 2 incorrect pronouns used in
the text. Write the correct pronouns in
the space at the end of each line.
3 Spelling
(a) Write the correct spelling for each of the
7 misspelt words in the space at the end
of the line.
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