PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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Aquatic biomes<br />
Read the explanation.<br />
<strong>Editing</strong> skills<br />
A biome are a large community of animals <strong>and</strong> plants living in a particular<br />
environment. The two major types of biomes are terrestrial <strong>and</strong> aquatic. Aquatic<br />
biomes are either freshwater or saltwater.<br />
Freshwater biomes include lakes rivers <strong>and</strong> wetl<strong>and</strong>s. The shoreline of a lake is<br />
shallow <strong>and</strong> warm inhabited by insects <strong>and</strong> amphibians. In the centre the water<br />
is deeper <strong>and</strong> colder <strong>and</strong> is home to fish <strong>and</strong> crustaceans. Rivers are much colder<br />
still supporting fish floating weeds algae <strong>and</strong> fungi. The greatest variety of animal<br />
<strong>and</strong> plant life can be found in wetl<strong>and</strong>s (were/where) the waters are still <strong>and</strong> the<br />
atmosphere humid.<br />
saltwater biomes include all the (seas/sees) <strong>and</strong> oceans they are the largest <strong>and</strong> most<br />
diverse of all biomes they have many zones (witch/which) vary in temperature (dew/<br />
due) to the amount of sunlight they receives the open ocean is home to many fish,<br />
marine mammals, plankton <strong>and</strong> seaweed where the (sun/son) cannot penetrate, in<br />
the deepest depths of the oceans, it is pitch black, very cold <strong>and</strong><br />
the pressure is enormous in spite of such inhospitable conditions,<br />
(sum/some) animals has adapted to living (there/their)<br />
1 Punctuation<br />
(a) Paragraph 3 contains 6 sentences. Add<br />
the missing capital letters <strong>and</strong> full stops.<br />
(b) Paragraph 2 requires 7 commas. Write<br />
them in.<br />
2 Grammar<br />
The subject <strong>and</strong> verb must always be in<br />
agreement.<br />
(a) Circle the subject to which the verbs in<br />
bold print in the text relate. Write a tick<br />
(✓) or a cross (✗) in the box to show if<br />
they are in agreement.<br />
4 Writing<br />
(a) The text is divided into paragraphs. Each<br />
paragraph describes a new thought or<br />
idea. The first paragraph answers the<br />
question ‘What is an aquatic biome?’<br />
Write a question that is answered by<br />
each of the last two paragraphs.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
Paragraph 2<br />
(i) are<br />
(iii) is<br />
(v) is<br />
3 Spelling<br />
(ii) include<br />
(iv) receives<br />
(vi) has<br />
Paragraph 3<br />
(a) Circle the correct spelling where a choice<br />
of words is given.<br />
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