ENG Proofreading

The new Te Papa exhibit in Wellington is exciting!

• All words should be lowercase

• missing a comma after Te Papa

• new should be capital

• correct as is

Do you remember Hemingway's address in Wellington.

• Correct as is

• Hemingway's doesn't need an apostrophe

• Key West should not be capitalized

• this sentence needs a question mark

What is wrong with these sentences?

We were on the way to school. Suddenly, the sky turns dark.

• Correct as is

• To should be too

• There is a tensing error

• It is in the wrong narrative point of view

What word should we replace to make these sentences make sense?

We were on the way to school. Suddenly, the sky turns dark.

• Way should be road

• Were should be are

• Turns should be turned

• Suddenly should be unexpectedly

The cemetery in Wellington is on Old Karori road.

• Correct as is

• Old Karori is not the name of a street

• Road needs to be capitalized

• Old should not be capitalized

My favorete tombstone was the sailor's. What needs to be changed in this sentence?

• favorete is misspelled - should be favourite

• tombstone should be tomb stone

• sailor's does not need an apostrophe

• Correct as is

He's wife wrote the words on it. Remember?

• There should not be a question mark

• his instead of he’s

• correct as is

• He's does not need an apostrophe

What is wrong with this sentence? Do you why it is called Wellington?

• Missing the word know

• Missing punctuation

• The question mark should be an exclamation mark

• correct as is

Its interesting to know that Wellington is the North Island's southernmost city.

• southernmost should be two words

• Its should be It’s

• know should be now

• correct as is

Which sentence has the speech marks in the right place?

It was weird, she sighed, what do you think he meant by the statement, Punctuation is important?

• "It was weird", she sighed, "what do you think he meant by the statement, "Punctuation is important?"

• "It was weird," she sighed, "what do you think he meant by the statement, "Punctuation is important"?"

• "It was weird, she sighed, what do you think he meant by the statement, Punctuation is important?"

• "It was weird," she sighed, "what do you think he meant by the statement, "Punctuation is important?""