Proofreading and improving your own writing

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Why proofread?

Examiners award marks for technical accuracy: spelling, punctuation and grammar. Even a strong piece loses marks for avoidable errors.
Reserve checking time suited to the task. Three to five minutes can work within some timed tasks, but the allocation depends on the task and your needs.

Proofread and revise deliberately

What to check

Spelling: especially common words and homophones (their/there, your/you're, to/too).
Punctuation: full stops, capital letters, commas in lists, apostrophes, speech marks, comma splices.
Grammar: subject-verb agreement, consistent tense, Standard English.
Sense and clarity: does each sentence make sense? Is anything missing (a word, a verb)?
Handwriting: can the examiner read your words? Write clearly.

Correct in context

Improving content

Revise vague words where a precise choice better expresses the intended meaning. Cut unnecessary repetition and add detail only when it serves the purpose.
Check you have a strong ending and a hook opening.
If time allows, add a missing word or a short sentence using a caret mark (^) or neat insert.

Proofreading techniques

Read slowly and silently in an examination. During practice, reading aloud can help when permitted and useful.
A second pass focusing on one sentence at a time can reveal missed punctuation. Reading sentences in reverse order is optional; check normal order again for overall meaning.
Target common personal errors. Checking one type at a time can help, but there is no required spelling-first order.
Cross out neatly with a single line; avoid scribbling.

Make the edit readable

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1.What does proofreading mean?
Easy
- Achecking for errors
- Bwriting a plan
- Ccopying
- Dignoring
2.Which error is a spelling mistake?
Easy
- Areceive
- Bbelieve
- Cachieve
- Drecieve
3.Which sentence has a punctuation error?
Easy
- AWe left.
- B"Hello," she said.
- Cits time to go
- DIt's time to go.
4.Which sentence has a subject–verb agreement error in Standard English?
Easy
- AHe was late.
- BWe was late.
- CWe were late.
- DThey are late.
5.Which is a useful proofreading priority?
Easy
- Aspelling of common words
- Bthe title
- Cthe margin
- Dthe date
6.How can you spot errors more easily?
Easy
- Askim quickly
- Bavoid reading
- Cguess
- Dread your work slowly
7.What does a caret (^) show?
Easy
- Aa new paragraph
- Ba title
- Cwhere to insert a missing word
- Da deletion
8.When correcting a handwritten examination answer, which method keeps the revision clear?
Easy
- Aerase with the page
- Bcross out a mistake with a single line and write the correct word above
- Cscribble over it
- Dleave it

Mehr Fragen

9.Which version correctly uses the contraction for “they are going home”?
Easy
- Athey're going home
- Btheir going home
- Cthere going home
- Dtheyre going home
10.Which should you check besides spelling?
Easy
- Athe weather
- Bthe date
- Cthe time
- Dpunctuation and grammar
11.Which correction uses Standard English subject pronouns and agreement?
Medium
- AMy friend and me was late.
- BI and my friend was late.
- CMy friend and I were late.
- DMe and my friend were late.
12.'Its a lovely day.' Which correction?
Medium
- AIt a lovely day.
- BIt's a lovely day.
- CIts' a lovely day.
- DIts a lovely day.
13.'She said "Come here"' - what is missing?
Medium
- Aa comma and a full stop
- Bnothing
- Can apostrophe
- Da dash
14.Which sentence needs a capital letter?
Medium
- AWe went.
- BWe left.
- Cwe went to london.
15.When improving vocabulary in proofreading, you should:
Medium
- Adelete verbs
- Bshorten everything
- Creplace vague words with precise ones
- Dadd more adjectives
16.Which makes writing harder to read?
Medium
- Afull stops
- Bmessy handwriting
- Cclear paragraphs
- Dcapital letters
17.'Their was alot of people at the partie.' How many errors?
Medium
- A4
- B1
- C2
- D0
18.Which approach can make a proofreading pass systematic?
Medium
- Aeverything at once
- Bonly the first line
- Conly the last line
- Done error type at a time
19.Which is the best use of the last two minutes?
Medium
- Adoodle
- Bstop
- Ccheck the ending and fix obvious errors
- Dstart a new piece
20.Which revision makes “The film was good” more specific about holding the viewer’s attention?
Medium
- AThe film.
- BThe film was gripping.
- CThe film was good good.
- DThe film was nice.
21.Which is a comma splice to fix?
Easy
- AIt was late, we left.
- BIt was late, so we left.
- CIt was late. We left.
- DIt was late; we left.
22.Which version correctly uses the contraction “I’m” and the ordinary plural “shops”?
Easy
- AIm going to the shops.
- BI'm going to the shop's.
- CI m going to shops.
- DI'm going to the shops.
23.Which pair contains homophones?
Medium
- Awalk / walked
- Bbook / books
- Ctheir / there
- Dcat / coat
24.Why leave time to check?
Medium
- Ano reason
- Bto correct avoidable errors
- Cto start again
- Dit is a rule
25.Proofreading helps you correct mistakes.
Easy
True or false?
26.You should leave a few minutes to check your work.
Easy
True or false?
27.You should ignore errors in an exam.
Easy
True or false?
28.Crossing out neatly is better than scribbling.
Easy
True or false?
29.You should only check spelling.
Medium
True or false?
30.Which should you check when proofreading?
Medium
- Aspelling
- Bpunctuation
- Cgrammar
- Dsense and clarity
- Ethe weather outside when irrelevant to the response
31.Which are good proofreading techniques?
Medium
- Aread aloud in your head
- Bcheck one error type at a time
- Ccross out neatly
- Dscribble over errors
- Eskip checking
32.Rewrite this as a coherent past-tense account, correcting the errors: “we was going to the park but its to cold so we stayed home and watch tv”
Medium

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