PR-0794UK Proofreading and Editing - Upper
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Missing person<br />
Read the description.<br />
<strong>Editing</strong> skills<br />
Police are concerned (fore, for) the safety of VANESSA<br />
HOYLE. vanessa was last seen two wks ago near her<br />
home in cambridge, UK.<br />
Vanessa<br />
• is 20 yrs old<br />
• is 172 cm tall <strong>and</strong> has a slim build<br />
• has ollive skin, short black hair <strong>and</strong> brown eyes<br />
• speaks with an american acsent<br />
• was wearing (blue, blew) jeans <strong>and</strong> a white T-shirt<br />
with a pickture of a cat on it<br />
at the time of her disapearanse<br />
• may stop at a pharmacy to (by, buy) the medicine<br />
she needs (too, to) treat her asthma<br />
• didn’t tell no-one that she planed to leave home.<br />
If anyone has (scene, seen) Vanessa, please contact the<br />
police. Tel.: 18 00 62.<br />
1 Punctuation<br />
(a) Find the 3 missing capital letters for<br />
proper nouns. Add the missing colon in<br />
the offset list <strong>and</strong> write it in the space at<br />
the end of the line.<br />
2 Grammar<br />
Adjectives describe nouns.<br />
(a) Find adjectives from the text to match<br />
these nouns.<br />
(i) build<br />
(ii) T-shirt<br />
(iii) skin<br />
(iv) jeans<br />
3 Spelling<br />
(a) Choose the correct spelling from each<br />
pair of words in brackets. Write your<br />
choice in the space at the end of the line.<br />
(b) Write the correct spelling for the 5<br />
misspelt words in the space at the end of<br />
the line.<br />
4 Vocabulary<br />
Shortened forms of words are often used in<br />
text; for example, etc., USA.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
(a) There are 5 shortened forms in this text.<br />
Write the full version of each word in the<br />
space at the end of the line.<br />
5 Writing<br />
A double negative statement incorrectly uses<br />
two negative words.<br />
(a) Underline the line in the text containing a<br />
double negative. Write it correctly.<br />
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