Tuesday 18 March 2014

The little red hen Proofreading task

Punctuation, The passage needs:
19 capital letters √
19 full stops √
5 commas √
4 apostrophes in contractions √
3 sets of speech marks √
Use different colour for each piece of punctuation.

Words: Highlight 10 verbs. √

Usage: There are 8 words that have been used incorrectly, underline them and write the correct words as shown in the example. √

A new line is taken when a new speaker talks.

Incorrect version


Correct version
A little red hen found a wheat seed. She decided to plant it. She asked a cat, a fox and a pig to help her.
"I can't help." Said the cat.
"I'm to busy." Answered the fox
"I've got two much to do." Replied the pig.
The little red hen dug a hole. She dropped the seed in to it. She cover it. The seed grow into a fine stalk of wheat. The little red hen reaped the wheat. She grinded it into flower, she mixed this with water in a bowl and made dough. She put this into a baking dish, she put the dish in the oven. When the loaf was baked she didn't share the bread with the cat, fox and pig. She and her chick eat it. They asked her how it tasted, she told them it was delicious.

  1. too
  2. too
  3. covered
  4. grew
  5. ground
  6. flour
  7. bread
  8. ate

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