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Year 7 English · Editing and proofreading

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

  1. 1. What is the main difference between editing and proofreading?

    • ☐ (a) Editing improves meaning and style; proofreading fixes errors such as spelling and punctuation.
    • ☐ (b) They are exactly the same.
    • ☐ (c) Proofreading is done before you start writing.
    • ☐ (d) Editing only checks spelling.

  2. 2. Correct the misspelt word: 'We recieved a letter today.'

  3. 3. Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?

    • ☐ (a) on monday we visited grandma in june.
    • ☐ (b) On monday we visited Grandma in June.
    • ☐ (c) On Monday we visited Grandma in June.
    • ☐ (d) On Monday We Visited Grandma In June.

  4. 4. Which is the best fix for this run-on sentence? 'I was hungry I made a sandwich.'

    • ☐ (a) I was hungry, I made a sandwich.
    • ☐ (b) I was hungry, so I made a sandwich.
    • ☐ (c) I was hungry I made, a sandwich.
    • ☐ (d) I was hungry and, I made a sandwich.

  5. 5. What punctuation mark is missing from the end of: 'Where are you going'

  6. 6. Which word is the best substitute for 'nice' in 'We ate a nice meal'?

    • ☐ (a) good
    • ☐ (b) okay
    • ☐ (c) delicious
    • ☐ (d) thing

  7. 7. In the CUPS proofreading checklist, what does the S stand for? (one word)

  8. 8. Which error would a spell-checker most likely miss?

    • ☐ (a) 'becuase' instead of 'because'
    • ☐ (b) 'there' instead of 'their'
    • ☐ (c) 'freind' instead of 'friend'
    • ☐ (d) 'wenesday' instead of 'Wednesday'

Answer sheet

  1. 1. Editing improves meaning and style; proofreading fixes errors such as spelling and punctuation. — Editing makes writing clearer and better; proofreading catches mistakes.
  2. 2. received — 'I before e, except after c' – received.
  3. 3. On Monday we visited Grandma in June. — Capitals are needed for the first word, days, months and names used as names.
  4. 4. I was hungry, so I made a sandwich. — A comma plus the joining word 'so' correctly joins the two ideas. A comma on its own is not enough.
  5. 5. ? — It asks a question, so it needs a question mark.
  6. 6. delicious — 'Delicious' is precise and tells the reader exactly how the meal tasted.
  7. 7. Spelling — CUPS = Capitals, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling.
  8. 8. 'there' instead of 'their' — 'There' is a real word, so the spell-checker may not flag it even though it is the wrong homophone.

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