PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper

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.
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(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’.
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