Starter quiz
- What is the error in this sentence? "He could here the river." ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- the tense
- the punctuation
- the spelling ✓
- the sentence structure
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- Match these words to their definitions. ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- decrepit⇔worn out, ruined ✓
- lament⇔a powerful expression of grief ✓
- haggard⇔a tired exhausted appearance ✓
- In a story which follows the five part narrative structure, what is the focus of the rising action? ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- how the story ends
- the development of plot and character ✓
- the most dramatic or intense moment of the story
- establishing characters and setting
- the aftermath of the climax
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- In a story which follows the five part narrative structure, what is the focus of the climax? ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- how the story ends
- the development of plot and character
- the most dramatic or intense moment of the story ✓
- establishing characters and setting
- the aftermath of the climax
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly? ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- Carefully, he started to prepare his disguise,
- Carefully he started to prepare his disguise.
- Carefully he, started to prepare his disguise.
- Carefully, he started to prepare his disguise. ✓
- Carefully he started, to prepare his disguise,
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly? ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- Swinging his arms to warm up he started, to size up his opponent.
- Swinging his arms to warm up, he started to size up his opponent. ✓
- Swinging, his arms to warm up he started to size up his opponent.
- Swinging his arms to warm up he started to size up his opponent.
- Swinging his arms to warm up he started to size up his opponent
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Exit quiz
- To ______ means to read through a piece of written work and correct any errors.
- 'proofread' ✓
- Which sentence uses the word 'decrepit' correctly? ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- Achilles was the youngest, fittest and most decrepit athlete there.
- The medals looked stunning. They had just been made so were very decrepit.
- The athletes were impressive, but the racetrack looked decrepit and unusable. ✓
- The crowd was full of young decrepit children and their parents.
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- Which sentences use the word 'haggard', or its forms, correctly? ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- The fisherman hadn't eaten for three days and was beginning to look haggard. ✓
- The jinni looked powerful as he haggardly threatened the fisherman.
- After spending every night telling stories, she was beginning to look haggard. ✓
- The jinni rewarded the fisherman with many haggard and precious jewels.
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- Which sentence uses the word 'lament', or a form of it, correctly? ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- Briseis knew her men had lost the war and began to lament their deaths. ✓
- They were happy, entering the city with loud lamentation.
- Briseis saw the children playing and considered how much lament they had left.
- Achilles uttered a huge battle lament knowing he was about to be victorious.
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- Proofread each sentence and select which need corrections so they make grammatical sense. ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- Confused and aching, the miller lay his back. ✓
- His head rested on the ground.
- His hair was soon riddled with a dirt. ✓
- He sat surrounded by the blood of the fight.
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- Proofread each sentence and select which need corrections so they make grammatical sense. ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire')
- The miller staggered back.
- He thuded to the floor, sack-like. ✓
- He strained, but knew he spend. ✓
- The fight was over.
- Sweat streamed down his face.
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Key learning points
- Reviewing and refining a piece of writing is an important skill in English.
- There might be areas of your work that you want to rewrite, focusing on particular areas of weakness.
- Proofreading is the final stage of the writing process.
- Proofreading means to read through a piece of written work and correct any errors.
- Strategies like reading aloud, reading backwards or reading with a particular focus can help you proofread successfully.
Common misconception
Proofreading and rewriting are the same thing.
Proofreading is the final stage of the writing process. It is about checking for small errors - often grammatical. Rewriting is a larger task which requires you to think about the effects you want to create.
Keywords
Proofreading - to read through a piece of written work and correct any errors
Decrepit - worn out, ruined
Lament - a powerful expression of grief
Haggard - a tired, exhausted appearance
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