P7 Editing Practice · Find and Fix the Errors
Become your own editor.
Find errors systematically, correct them and explain why the improved version works.
Error Hunt 1
There are 10 errors involving capital letters, tense, agreement, spelling and punctuation.
last friday our class visit the district library. The librarian welcome us and show us where the story books was kept. Musa choose a book about wild animal, but he forget to return it before we left
Reveal the corrected version
Last Friday, our class visited the district library. The librarian welcomed us and showed us where the storybooks were kept. Musa chose a book about wild animals, but he forgot to return it before we left.
Edit with five lenses
C — CapitalsNames, places and sentence beginnings
P — PunctuationFull stops, commas and speech marks
T — TenseKeep time consistent
A — AgreementSubject and verb must match
S — SpellingCheck difficult and familiar words
Error Hunt 2
“where are you going” asked Amina. I am taking this books to the teachers office replied Joel
Check the dialogue
“Where are you going?” asked Amina.
“I am taking these books to the teachers’ office,” replied Joel.