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Treating a nosebleed Lesson focus Teachers notes Punctuation • Grammatical commas • Full stops • Apostrophes in grammatical contractions Grammar • Imperative/Command verbs • Adverbs Spelling • Confused words: hear/here, through/threw, four/for • Misspelt words Vocabulary • Compound words Teacher information A procedure outlines how something is done. It gives a list of materials or requirements and instructions using imperative (command) verbs. Answers If you get a nosebleed, here is what you should do. • Breathe through your mouth. • Sit down and lean forward slightly. • Apply pressure to your nostrils with your finger and thumb. • Ask someone to gently place wet towels on your neck and your forehead. • If the bleeding hasn’t stopped after 10 minutes, firmly press your nostrils again for another 10 minutes. If it doesn’t stop after this, go to the doctor. 1. (a) Missing punctuation is in bold type. 2. (a) Command verbs are underlined. Possible answers include: Viewing Sample Breathe, Sit, lean, Apply, Ask, place, press, go here should through slightly pressure thumb gently towels after firmly for doctor (b) slightly, gently, firmly 3. Spelling errors are in italic type. (a) here, through, for (b) should, pressure, thumb, towels, after, doctor 4. (a) Compound words are underlined in bold. nosebleed, forward, someone, forehead (b) Teacher check. Possible answers include: mouthguard, mouthpiece, mouth-to-mouth, mouthwash, mouth-watering, loudmouth, badmouth 66 Proofreading and editing skills Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com
Treating a nosebleed Read the procedure. Editing skills If you get a nosebleed (hear/here) is what you shoud do. • Breathe (through/threw) your mouth. • Sit down and lean forward a slight amount. • Apply presure to your nostrils with your finger and thum • Ask someone to with gentlenesss place wet towls on your neck and your forehead • If the bleeding hasnt stopped afta 10 minutes with firmness press your nostrils again (four/for) another 10 minutes If it doesnt stop after this go to the docter. 1 Punctuation (a) Add 3 missing commas, 2 apostrophes for grammatical contractions and 3 full stops. 2 Grammar Command verbs are used in procedures, often at the beginning of sentences. They tell us what to do; for example, ‘Paint the rose pink’, ‘Stand up’. (a) Write 4 command verbs from the text. 3 Spelling (a) Choose the correct spelling from each pair of words in brackets. Write your choice in the space at the end of the line. Viewing Sample (b) Write the correct spelling of the 6 misspelt words in the space at the end of the line. 4 Vocabulary Adverbs are words that describe verbs. They often end in ‘ly’; for example, ‘happily’, ‘slowly’. (b) Look at the words in bold type in the text. Replace each group of words with one adverb with the same meaning. Write it in the space at the end of the line. Compound words are made up of two smaller words; for example, ‘rainbow’. (a) Circle 2 compound words found in this text. (b) Write 3 compound words containing the word ‘mouth’. Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com Proofreading and editing skills 67
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Treating a nosebleed<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
• Full stops<br />
• Apostrophes in grammatical contractions<br />
Grammar<br />
• Imperative/Comm<strong>and</strong> verbs<br />
• Adverbs<br />
Spelling<br />
• Confused words: hear/here, through/threw,<br />
four/for<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
Vocabulary<br />
• Compound words<br />
Teacher information<br />
A procedure outlines how something is done. It gives a list of materials or requirements <strong>and</strong> instructions<br />
using imperative (comm<strong>and</strong>) verbs.<br />
Answers<br />
If you get a nosebleed, here is what you<br />
should do.<br />
• Breathe through your mouth.<br />
• Sit down <strong>and</strong> lean forward slightly.<br />
• Apply pressure to your nostrils with your<br />
finger <strong>and</strong> thumb.<br />
• Ask someone to gently place wet<br />
towels on your neck <strong>and</strong> your forehead.<br />
• If the bleeding hasn’t stopped after 10<br />
minutes, firmly press your nostrils again<br />
for another 10 minutes. If it doesn’t stop after<br />
this, go to the doctor.<br />
1. (a) Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
2. (a) Comm<strong>and</strong> verbs are underlined. Possible answers include:<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
Breathe, Sit, lean, Apply, Ask, place, press, go<br />
here<br />
should<br />
through<br />
slightly<br />
pressure<br />
thumb<br />
gently<br />
towels<br />
after<br />
firmly<br />
for<br />
doctor<br />
(b) slightly, gently, firmly<br />
3. Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
(a) here, through, for<br />
(b) should, pressure, thumb, towels, after, doctor<br />
4. (a) Compound words are underlined in bold.<br />
nosebleed, forward, someone, forehead<br />
(b) Teacher check. Possible answers include: mouthguard, mouthpiece, mouth-to-mouth,<br />
mouthwash, mouth-watering, loudmouth, badmouth<br />
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