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Paragraph Proofreading Practice
Help prepare a short newsletter story for publication. Read carefully, check one kind of error at a time, and make every correction clear. Use Australian spelling and punctuation.
The draft
The paragraph below contains 9 errors: capital letters, spelling and grammar. The line breaks are numbered to help you explain your corrections.
1. on sunday, our neighbourhood group held a clean-up at banksia creek.
2. We collected rubbish from the walking track and the grassy bank.
3. Tahnee found three plastic bottle’s beside a bench, while Hudson picked up a old food wrapper.
4. The creek looked much cleaner after we finished, and the ducks was swimming nearby.
5. Everyone worked carefully, and no one left there gloves behind.
6. At the end, we shared fruit and water before walking home.
7. It was a small job, but it made a big diffrence to our local area.
1.Find and list the 9 errors in the draft. For each one, write the line number, the incorrect word, and your correction.
2.Rewrite the whole paragraph with every error corrected. Keep the same meaning and paragraph order.
3.Which correction fixes the apostrophe error in “three plastic bottle’s”?
- three plastic bottles
- three plastic bottle's
- three plastics bottles
- three plastic bottle
4.In line 3, why should “a old food wrapper” be changed to “an old food wrapper”?
5.Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: “The ducks ___ swimming nearby.”
- was
- were
- is
- be
6.In “no one left there gloves behind”, which word should replace “there”?
- they’re
- their
- theirs
- them
7.True or false: “diffrence” is the correct Australian English spelling.
TrueFalse
8.Match each proofreading mark to its job: ^, /, and sp.
- ^
- /
- sp
- Delete something
- Insert something
- Check or correct spelling
9.Add the missing capital letter in line 1 and write the corrected first word. Why does it need a capital?
10.Write one proofreading habit you would use when checking a paragraph like this. Explain how it could help you find an error.
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