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Proofreading Worksheet

This document provides a proofreading worksheet for students to use to check another student's report for errors. The worksheet includes sections to check for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Students are directed to read the report out loud and note any places they stumble, then use the specific questions in the worksheet to find other mistakes to help the writer improve their report before turning it in.

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Proofreading Worksheet

This document provides a proofreading worksheet for students to use to check another student's report for errors. The worksheet includes sections to check for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Students are directed to read the report out loud and note any places they stumble, then use the specific questions in the worksheet to find other mistakes to help the writer improve their report before turning it in.

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Proofreading Worksheet

Directions: First, read your peer’s report out loud. If you stumble, get confused, or run out
of breath while you’re reading, look closely at that section of the report. You’ll probably find

a mistake that made the report hard to read.

Next, use the questions in this checklist to find mistakes that are less easy to catch.

(Remember: the more mistakes you find, the more you help the writer of the report. If you

help the writer find all of the mistakes, he or she has a chance to correct those mistakes

before turning in the report for a grade.)

Grammar Do the subjects and verbs in the report match up? Mostly

Do all of the pronouns (I, he, she, we, they) match the words
they are supposed to stand for? Yes

Are there any double negatives (like not nobody , can’t do

nothing ) in the report? No

Capitalization Are all of the proper nouns (names) in the report capitalized

--including place names?

Yes

Does each sentence begin with a capital letter?

Yes

Are there words that are capitalized but maybe shouldn’t be?

Possibly

Punctuation Are commas used to separate items in a series or list?

Yes

Are there commas after any introductory phrase?

Yes

Does the report have any comma splices (commas used where

a period should be used instead)?

Yes but in some

places no.

Spelling Does the report use the correct form of homophones, such

as its/it’s , their/there/they’re , and you’re/your ?

Yes

Are these words spelled correctly where they show up in

the report?
Yes
according suggest entitled

published source article

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