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True or false: It's cheating to get someone else to check your work for mistakes.
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false
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true
Homophones often cause problems for writers. Which of these pairs of words are NOT homophones?
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write/right
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air/heir
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start/begin
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hear/here
It is easy to leave out silent letters in words because you don't hear them clearly. Which of these words contains a silent letter?
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public
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station
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receipt
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clothing
What is the name for an ending such as -ly or -ing that can be added to a root word?
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suffix
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vowel
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base
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verb
Which word is missing from the last sentence of these instructions?
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cakes
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minutes
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times
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hours
What punctuation is missing from the last sentence?
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full stop
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question mark
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commas
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speech marks
What is wrong with this text?
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The game was on Sunday not Saturday.
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All the names of people and teams should have capital letters.
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The winning team was Wrigton not Wigton.
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The words 'thrilling' and 'penalty' are spelled wrong.
Can you spot a mistake in the newspaper report above?
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The last sentence needs a question mark.
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Summer should have a capital S.
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'Site' should be spelled 'sight'
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The supermarket name is spelled two different ways - Bestco and Bestko.
"I'm no good at spotting my own mistakes, so what can I do?"
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Get a friend to check through your work.
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Use a dictionary or handheld spellchecker to check words you're not sure about.
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Read your writing out loud to yourself.
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Use all of the above methods to check your writing.
Only people with spelling problems need to proofread their work.
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TRUE
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FALSE
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