PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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The frilled lizard<br />
Lesson focus<br />
Teachers notes<br />
Punctuation<br />
• Capital letters for sentence beginnings<br />
• Capital letters for proper nouns<br />
• Full stops<br />
• Grammatical commas<br />
Spelling<br />
• Misspelt words<br />
Grammar<br />
• Pronouns – possessive<br />
• Adjectives<br />
• Nouns<br />
Teacher information<br />
A report is usually written in the present tense <strong>and</strong> gives facts clearly without unnecessary information<br />
or opinions.<br />
Answers<br />
The frilled lizard is famous for its ferocious appearance. It is<br />
spectacular to watch as it raises the frills that surround its<br />
neck. These famous frills are normally folded away.<br />
When the frilled lizard is surprised or frightened, it raises its<br />
frills in an aggressive display to scare off predators. As the<br />
frills are raised, the lizard also opens its mouth very wide<br />
<strong>and</strong> emits a hissing sound, adding to the threatening<br />
<strong>and</strong> dramatic display.<br />
The frilled lizard, which grows up to one metre long, is<br />
found in the northern parts of Australia <strong>and</strong> drier regions<br />
of New Guinea. It is classed as an ‘arboreal’ animal because<br />
it is capable of climbing trees, from where it can spot its food,<br />
which is mainly grasshoppers <strong>and</strong> other small insects.<br />
1. Missing punctuation is in bold type.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
2. (a) (i) yours (ii) his (iii) hers<br />
(iv) its (v) ours (vi) theirs<br />
appearance<br />
surround<br />
normally<br />
surprised<br />
aggressive<br />
raised<br />
emits<br />
display<br />
metre<br />
drier<br />
classed<br />
climbing<br />
grasshoppers<br />
(b) The word ‘its’ has been underlined.<br />
(c) (i) aggressive (ii) dramatic (iii) spectacular<br />
(iv) threatening (v) ferocious (vi) arboreal<br />
3. (a) Spelling errors are in italic type.<br />
appearance, surround, normally, surprised, aggressive, raised, emits, display, metre, drier,<br />
classed, climbing, grasshoppers<br />
74 <strong>Proofreading</strong> <strong>and</strong> editing skills Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com
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