Instructions: Hey friends! Ready to practice your proofreading and editing skills? Great! We are going to play around with unscrambling and correcting words and sentences. You'll need to navigate by letter, word, and maybe even by line. Good luck!
Question 1: What is the correct spelling of the word in parentheses in the following sentence.
"My science experiment went a bit sideways during class this morning, which caused a huge mess in the (kemistry) lab."
Hmmm, not sure if that is correct.
Question 2: What is the correct spelling of the words in parentheses in the following sentence. Be careful, I might be trying to play tricks on you.
"After I graduate (hi) school, it is my intention to attend (collage)."
Hmmm, not sure if I agree. Try again.
Question 3: Okay, I've been going easy on you. This time you need to pick the correct order of the words in parentheses. Oh, would you look at that, all the words are in parentheses.
"(dogs it's and raining cats)"
Um, not sure about that choice. Want to try again?
Question 4: This time you are correcting the 2 errors in parentheses. They may be issues of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or even word choice. Enjoy!
"(Its) just about a 2 (our) flight between San Francisco and Seattle."
Hmmm, why don't you try again.
Question 5: Having fun yet? This one is just like the previous challenge, but I've added an additional error.
"(my) family is hosting a (pot luck) on Christmas Eve(;)"
I don't know about that answer. Let's do that again.
Question 6: How about another word unscramble.
"(apple day a the an doctor away keeps)"
I don't know about that answer. Let's do that again.
Question 7: Last question! So obviously I am going to challenge you to the max. This time, you are going to read the sentence and select the answer that corrects all 4 errors/blanks in parentheses.
"(the) crew of the (space ship) had been preparing for (they're) maiden voyage for over 8 months(,)"
This one is tricky. Why don't you give it another shot.