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Tutor Module for Key Skills CommunicationsLevel 2 Test

Skill area 2 Proof-Reading

Skill Area 2 Proof-reading!Proof-reading!

Ty"es of errors!Try t#is e$ercise first%2&m"rove your "roof-reading2Slo'ing do'n or reading out loud2($ercise)

T#e to" 2* miss-s"elt 'ords)+ive ti"s on #o' to im"rove your s"elling,&m"rove your s"elling "unctuation and sentence formation #el"ful 'e.sites/Practice &m"rove your "roof-reading0

Practice 1uestion !0Practice 1uestions 2Practice 1uestions 34Practice 1uestions )!!

Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestions!2Ans'er to 5Try t#is67!2Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestion !!2Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestions 2!3Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestions 3!)Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestions )!,

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S*#++ Aea 2 / Poofead#ng

T#is skill area covers t#e follo'ing skills in Part A and relates to Communications 23 in

Part 8%

Students need to .e a.le to%

Make meaning clear .y 'riting "roof-reading and re-drafting documents so t#at%

o 'ords used most often are s"elled correctly9

o com"le$ sentences are formed correctly :eg use of but then because9

consistent use of tense; and organise into "aragra"#s '#ere a""ro"riate9o "unctuation is accurate :eg use of commas a"ostro"#es inverted commas;

Poofead#ng

Proof-reading means c#ecking te$t in detail for errors &t isn7t a natural skill &t isattained .y "ractice T#e ot#er t#ing to remem.er is t#e .etter your s"elling t#e .etteryour "roof-reading After all #o' can you find errors if you can7t s"ell t#em in t#e first"lace6

Ty"es of errors

S"elling - 'ords students kno' 1uite 'ell .ut t#eyT#anks for your #el" Can you come .ack on Monday?@

> e are o"en 2) #ours e look for'ard to seeing you@

>e .oug#t #is al.um &t 'as very good@

o Mistakes 'it# a"ostro"#es

>its@ instead of >it7s@

>your@ instead of >you7re@

>'ont@ instead of >'on7t@

o =sing t#e 'rong 'ord

Bt#ereB instead of Bt#eirB

riting BalotB '#en you really mean Ba lotB :t#eredra'er@


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Later 'e 'ill go into #o' to im"rove your s"elling and "unctuation .ut first #o' toim"rove "roof-reading

Try t#is e$ercise first%

Count t#e num.er of 5f77s in t#e follo'ing

INISE3 ILES ARE TE RESULT O EARS O SCIENTIICSTU3 COMBINE3 IT TE E6PERIENCE O EARS.

So #o' many are t#ere? T#e ans'er is given in t#e An!$e! "o ,a%"#%e '(e!"#on!section at t#e end of t#is document

&m"rove your "roof-reading

evelo" a #ealt#y sense of dou.t &f t#ere are ty"es of errors you kno' you tend

to make dou.le c#eck for t#ose Read very slo'ly &f "ossi.le read out loud Read one 'ord at a time and you


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($am"le !

& see t#at your #ave taken t#e last fence "ost and "ut it on t#e garden fire #en canyou furnis# t#e Eo.

&ee "&e eo! ae:

& see t#at your#ave taken t#e last fence "ost and "ut it on t#e garden fire #en can

you furnis# t#e Eo.F

&a" #" !&o(+d +oo* +#*e:

& see t#at you #ave taken t#e last fence "ost and "ut it on t#e garden fire #en canyou finis# t#e Eo.?

($am"le 2

Look at t#e follo'ing and find errors

id some.ody tell you "ractice made "erfect? T#ats only if your "racticing it rig#t(ac# time you s"ell a 'ord 'rong you


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($ercise

Iet students to read t#is J out loud if "ossi.le6 Ho' ask t#em to 'rite it again 'it# t#ecorrect s"elling

Aoccdrnig to rsceearh at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in

waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that

the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a

wlohe.

T#anks to oke (lson for t#is% 8asic Skills Alton College am"s#ire

T#e to" 2* miss-s"elt 'ords

To start your s"elling "ractice you could try to learn t#e follo'ing to" 2* miss-s"elt 'ords as detailed in t#e Sunday Times in !442 :t#e list may #ave c#angedsince t#en;

Courtesy of the Sunday Times in 1992:

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+ive ti"s on #o' to im"rove your s"elling

&n t#e meantime "racticing your s"elling is t#e only real ans'er to im"roving it

! Pa%"#!e8 ,a%"#!e8 ,a%"#!e. &f you really 'ant to im"rove your s"elling you really#ave to "ractise &t7s like "roof- reading you aren7t .orn 'it# t#e a.ility you #ave to'ork on it in order to im"rove T#at7s '#y s"elling tests and drills are generally "art

of a c#ild7s early education

2 3on9" ") "o +ean a++ "&e $od! a" on%e.(ven if you learn t#em all in one go"ractise t#em a fe' at a time +ind out '#at 'orks .est for you - it may .e one ort'o 'ords or as many as t#ree or four T#en add anot#er 'ord to your list or starton different ones (ac# time you learn anot#er 'ord go .ack and "ractise t#e onesyou learned .efore it

3 Re#e$. &f you already kno' some of t#e 'ords on your list "ractise t#em once ort'ice eac# .efore you start tackling t#e ones you don


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I;,oe )o( !,e++#ng8 ,(n%"(a"#on and !en"en%e fo;a"#on /&e+,f(+ $e!#"e!

Ho' go .ack to S*#++ Aea 1.2and #ave anot#er look at t#e section on "N#tt"%OO'''..ccoukOskills'iseO'ordsOreadingOty"esofte$tOinde$s#tml

Alt#oug# t#e follo'ing link is aimed at smaller c#ildren some students may find it#el"ful%

S,a* I!+and o$ "o S,e++

N#tt"%OO'''s"arkislandcomO"u.licOarticlesO#o'tos"ellingO"arent#tml

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Pa%"#%e / I;,oe )o( ,oofead#ng

Tutors can "rint out t#e follo'ing 1uestions to give to students so t#at t#ey can "ractiset#eir "roof-reading skills

&f students use a com"uter to 'ork on t#ese t#e tem"tation 'ould .e to use t#e s"ell-c#ecker T#erefore it 'ould .e of more .enefit if t#ey c#eck t#em manually

Practice 1uestion !

Read t#e follo'ing introduction to a story and #ig#lig#t t#e t#ree incorrect s"ellings

&t 'as an e$tremely cold day (veryone 'as in .lack T#e cars 'ere .lack to T#eir 'ere

"eo"le standing like statues "ositioned in grou"s 'aiting for t#e coffin Cro's '#ere

flying in t#e sky &t 'as an unnaturally som.re occasion

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Practice 1uestions 2

Punctuate t#e follo'ing sentences 'it# a"ostro"#es according to t#e rules for using t#ea"ostro"#e

! S#eilas 534 Austin !* Cam.ridge is #er "roudest "ossession

2 T#e dogs .ark 'as far 'orse t#an its .ite

3 T#eyre not afraid to go a#ead 'it# t#e "lans t#oug# t#e c#oice is not t#eirs

) T#e man '#ose face 'as tan said t#at #e #ad s"ent #is t'o 'eeks #oliday in t#e

Sout# of +rance

, My address #as t#ree 0s and Tims "#one num.er #as four 2s

/ &ts suc# a .eautiful day t#at &ve decided to take a sun .at#

0 T#e ra..it #ad its rig#t foreleg caug#t securely in t#e tra"s Ea's

idnt #e say '#en #e 'ould arrive at oke and Qics #ouse?

4 ur neig#.ours car is an old +ord Prefect and its Eust a.out to fall a"art

!* &n t#ree 'eeks time 'e


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Practice 1uestions 3

Add commas to t#e follo'ing sentences to ensure t#ey make sense%

! uncan 'as also smiling .ut #is 'as an a"ologetic smile

2 e "arked u" stood and 'alked .riskly to Room 0)

3 T#e ve#icle 'as full of tourists mostly in "airs or family grou"s talking and

laug#ing some moaning a.out t#e flig#t a .a.y crying and a c#ild c#attering

e$citedly

) S#e got u" 'alked over to o#anna and #ugged #er #unc#ed s#oulders

, T#e little village reno'ned for its fine stra'.erry fields is alive 'it# irrigation and

manual 'atering

/ n one s#oulder & #itc#ed t#e stra" of a small .lack #and.ag and on t#e ot#er

t#e #oldall

0 T#e evidence of mounting student de.t 'it# t#e 'orst off s#ouldering a

dis"ro"ortionate s#are of t#e .urden 'ill inflame controversy over "lans to "ermit

universities to introduce to"-u" fees

T#eir .at#ing costumes are drenc#ed 'it# 'ater t#eir feet muddy from t#e field

4 &t #ad 'ooden #andles .rass .olsters and lining and an inlaid s#ield

!*T#e trees formed a .arrier "ro.a.ly to sto" cars driving too close to a grassy

slo"ing .ank '#ic# fell a.ru"tly from t#e car"ark to t#e road .elo'

!!Suddenly as & stared into t#e distance & felt strangely alone melanc#oly anddisconsolate

!2 &n order to access our fuel searc# sim"ly register your name and email address

!3S#etook off#er s#oes Eum"edinto t#e 'atergra..ed t#e .undle and #eavedit

into t#e .oat

!)And no' almost si$ty years after its grand o"ening in !43, t#at very same .eauty

salon #as .een restored

!,e gra.s #is Eacket and car keys "uts #is mo.ile "#one in #is "ocket and drives

to t#e local "u.

!/T#is forced t#e s'itc# rail to move to t#e rig#t leaving little room for t#e train


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medicine and dermatology emigrated to Australia '#ere s#e o"ened #er first

s#o"

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Practice 1uestions )

T#e follo'ing list contains 'ords t#at are all incorrectly s"elt ave a go at correctingt#em in t#e s"ace "rovided

! Practice :to; JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

2 it##ole JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

3 ccured JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

) &novative JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

, 8enefitted JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

/ Princi"al :.elief; JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

0 &ncurr JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

Irevance JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

4 Conceede JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!*Transffered JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!! Com"etant JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!2Calender JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!3arantee JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!)Ak'uire JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!,Liase JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!/Trulie JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!0($"edit JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!iscreete :se"arate; JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

!4Afect JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

2*Acomodation JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ


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An!$e! "o ,a%"#%e '(e!"#on!

Ans'er to 5Try t#is67

Count t#e num.er of 5f77s in t#e follo'ing

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T#ere are / Many "eo"le only manage to find 3 t#e first time t#ey read it &f you found/ 'ell done6

Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestion !

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Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestions 2

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Ans'ers to "ractice 1uestions 3

! uncan 'as also smiling .ut #is 'as an a"ologetic smile

2 e "arked u" stood and 'alked .riskly to Room 0)

3 T#e ve#icle 'as full of tourists mostly in "airs or family grou"s talking and

laug#ing some moaning a.out t#e flig#t a .a.y crying and a c#ild c#atteringe$citedly

) S#e got u" 'alked over to o#anna and #ugged #er #unc#ed s#oulders

, T#e little village reno'ned for its fine stra'.erry fields is alive 'it# irrigation and

manual 'atering

/ n one s#oulder & #itc#ed t#e stra" of a small .lack #and.ag9 and on t#e ot#er

t#e #oldall

0 T#e evidence of mounting student de.t 'it# t#e 'orst off s#ouldering a

dis"ro"ortionate s#are of t#e .urden 'ill inflame controversy over "lans to

"ermit universities to introduce to"-u" fees

T#eir .at#ing costumes are drenc#ed 'it# 'ater t#eir feet muddy from t#e field

4 &t #ad 'ooden #andles .rass .olsters and lining and an inlaid s#ield

!*T#e trees formed a .arrier "ro.a.ly to sto" cars driving too close to a grassy

slo"ing .ank '#ic# fell a.ru"tly from t#e car"ark to t#e road .elo'

!!Suddenly as & stared into t#e distance & felt strangely alone melanc#oly

and disconsolate

!2 &n order to access our fuel searc# sim"ly register your name and email address

!3S#etook off#er s#oes Eum"edinto t#e 'atergra..ed t#e .undle and #eavedit

into t#e .oat

!)And no' almost si$ty years after its grand o"ening in !43, t#at very same

.eauty salon #as .een restored

!,e gra.s #is Eacket and car keys "uts #is mo.ile "#one in #is "ocket and drives

to t#e local "u.16. This forced the switch rail to move to the right, leaving little room for

the train's wheels making a derailment almost inevitable.

!0o'ever to ensure t#at t#ese #ave cleared in t#e =SA "lease "resent t#is

c#e1ue on or after ecem.er

!T#inking #erself alone s#e o"ened t#e letter


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medicine and dermatology emigrated to Australia '#ere s#e o"ened #er first

s#o"

2*Since t#e drug usually lacks colour odour and taste and dissolves 1uickly a

victim can ingest it unkno'ingly

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