Literacy Section 1: Correct the paragraph

Front

1. Whats the most popular girls name asked Jane Chloe answered Peter but I dont know any girls called that   

Back

 ½ mark-first sentence inverted commas

½ for each apostrophe

½ for question mark

1 mark second sentence two pairs of inverted commas

2 marks for 2 commas

1 mark for no capital letter on ‘but’

1. “What’s the most popular girls’ name?” asked Jane.

“Chloe,” answered Peter, “but I don’t know any girls called that.”  

Front

Its 3 minutes passed nine miss beckworth announced your late

Back

“It’s three minutes past nine,” Miss Beckworth announced. “You’re late.”

" before It's

comma in It's

word three not number 3

past nine not passed

comma and inverted comma after nine,"

Miss Beckworth capitalized

period after announced.

"You're late." capitalized, with inverted commas, apostraphe in You're late. followed by period

Front

Why did you do all this for me he asked you have been my freind replied Charlotte that in itself is a

tremendous thing

Back

“Why did you do all this for me?” he asked.

“You have been my friend,” replied Charlotte. “That in itself is a tremendous thing.”

½ mark for every correction (total of 12)

“ “ round Wilbur’s first statement

?

full stop after asked

new line

“ “ round Charlotte’s first statement

capital Y in You

friend

comma

full stop after Charlotte

“ “ in Charlotte’s second statement

capital T in That

full stop after thing

½ mark deducted for H in he

Front

1. do you think said Will gazeing over the wall at the oak tree do you think you can die of happiness Carrie looked at him puzzled.

Back

“Do you think,” said Will, gazing over the wall at the oak tree, “do you think you can die of happiness?”

Carrie looked at him, puzzled.

½ mark for every accurate correction (10 in total):  

inverted commas round the first part of Will’s question 

capital D at the start of the sentence

comma after think and before the inverted commas

comma after Will

no e in gazing

comma after tree

inverted commas round the second part of Will’s question

question mark after happiness and before the inverted commas

new line for Carrie

comma after him 

Front

1. everyone gets nervous my mum told me on the phone its nothing the closer you get to it the closer it is to being over

Back

“Everyone gets nervous,” my mum told me, on the phone. “It’s nothing. The closer you get to it, the closer it is to being over.”

½ mark for every correction

Pair of inverted commas round first three words

Capital E

Comma before second inverted commas

Comma after me

Full stop after phone

Pair of inverted commas

Capital I

Apostrophe in it’s

Full stop after nothing

Capital T

Comma after it

Full stop after over and before inverted commas

Front

1. Homer Zuckermann what in the world are you talking about she said this is a very serious thing Edith he replied our pig is completely out of the ordinary

Back

“Homer Zuckermann, what in the world are you talking about?” she said.

“This is a very serious thing, Edith,” he replied. “Our pig is completely out of the ordinary.”

OR

“Homer Zuckermann! What in the world are you talking about?” she said.

“This is a very serious thing, Edith,” he replied. “Our pig is completely out of the ordinary.”

½ mark for every correction

Pair of inverted commas round first question

Comma after Zuckermann (or, if second version, exclamation mark)

Question mark after about (and before “). If you added a comma and question mark, no mark was awarded.

Full stop after said

New line

Pair of inverted commas round Homer’s first sentence

Capital T in This

Comma after thing and comma after Edith

Full stop after replied

No new line

Pair of inverted commas round Homer’s second sentence

Capital O in Our

Front

1. When asked about the government funded project Zara Khan said it’s aims are to support teachers in helping children gain confidence in mathematics and to promote attainment through the provision of lesson plans, resources, continuous professional development and assesments these are then evaluated for their effectiveness 

Back

When asked about the government-funded project, Zara Khan said, “Its aims are to support teachers in helping children gain confidence in mathematics and to promote attainment through the provision of lesson plans, resources, continuous professional development and assessments. These are then evaluated for their effectiveness.” 

½ mark for every correction

hyphen between government and funded

comma after project

comma after said

pair of inverted commas

capital I

no apostrophe in it’s

another s in assessments  

full stop after assessments

capital T in These 

full stop before the inverted commas

Front

1. Yes Graham shouted out loud as his chip bag bounced off a lamppost ten metres away an ace back heeler he grinned cheered and thrust his hands in the air to acnowlege the shouts of the fans.

Back

“Yes!” Graham shouted out loud, as his chip bag bounced off a lamppost ten metres away. An ace back-heeler! He grinned, cheered and thrust his hands in the air to acknowledge the shouts of the fans. (5)

Pair of inverted commas round Yes

Exclamation mark before the inverted commas

Comma after loud

Full stop after away

Capital A in An

Hyphen in back-heeler

Exclamation mark after heeler

Capital H in He

Comma after grinned

Acknowledge