Spot Simple Spelling and Punctuation Mistakes

Proofreading.

What does that mean?

 

 

Proofreading is what we do when we check our work or a partner’s work. We are looking for spelling mistakes or missing/incorrect punctuation.

 

 

We want to make sure that our writing is the best it can be, so that other people can read it and see how great we are at writing!

 

 

When we proofread our own work, we can make those changes or edits.

 

 

If we proofread someone else’s work, then they can fix it with our help!

Read this sentence below. Do you spot any mistakes?

 

This iz teh best day ever.

 

Here, we have two spelling mistakes of our tricky words ‘is’ and ‘the’.

 

After spelling, check punctuation.

 

This sentence has a capital letter and a full stop, so this all looks good now.

 

If we wanted, we could improve it by adding an exclamation mark, to show how excited they are, like this:

 

This is the best day ever!

 

In this activity, we will be focusing on simple spelling and punctuation errors, so get your proofreading peepers (your eyes!) at the ready and let’s spot some mistakes!

 

 

Use the tricky words below to help you proofread today.

 

little	the	of	when	I
no	said	he	she	are
you	was	they	all	my
some	come	one	what	out
like	have	here	looked	asked

 

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