20853_Editing_expositions_Years_2_and_3

Drink water!
Read this exposition.
we need to drink water
in an emergency, we could survive for
a few days without food, but without
water our bodies would be unable
to function keep a glass by the tap to
remind you to ‘take a drink’
we need to drink enuf water it is
recommended that we drink one litre
of water each day this amount should
be drunk throughout the day, rather
than all at once
it is inportant that we drink water
before we feel thirsty thirst is the
bodys way of telling us that the
process of dehydration has already
started carry a bottle of water with
you at all times and remember, ‘take a
drink’
we need to drink water before, during
and after exercise, to replase the fluid
lost through sweating
we need to drink water
in addishun to other
drinks because they
may contain substances
which increase thirst
For a healthy body, drink
water
1 Punctuation
Editing skills
(a) The exposition needs 12 capital letters,
11 full stops, 1 exclamation mark and 1
apostrophe for possession.
(b) Circle the commas.
How many are there?
2 Spelling
(a) 4 words are misspelt. Write the
correct spelling.
When we change singular nouns such as
‘body’ to plural, we change the ‘y’ to ‘i’
before adding ‘es’. For example,
body – bodies.
(b) Change these nouns to plurals.
(i) curry
(ii) baby
(iii) berry
(iv) trophy
3 Grammar
(a) Write 3 pronouns used in the text.
4 Vocabulary
(a) Find the meaning of the words in bold
print.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au Editing skills 85