Text Editing Practice

Her brother might be in trouble. Peering out into the sea she saw her brother 20 metres away struggling on the surface.

• may instead of might

• Peered rather than peering.

• to rather than into

• 20 metre not 20 metres

When we were small as identical twins we often lie on the wrong beds at storytime.

• in storytime instead of at storytime

• lay rather than lie

• we are small instead of were small

• bed not beds

Nonetheless, when asked to describing the mushrooms I could not.

• cannot not could not

• after asked insteasd of when asked

• the mushroom not the mushrooms

• to describe instead of describing

Detention was a very powerful deter for my lazy friend who liked to leave school on time.

• is a rather than was a

• deterrent rather than deter

• like instead of liked

• in time not on time

Often we are approach by someone we do not know working for a charity and we get annoyed.

• approach becomes approached

• do not knew rather than do not know

• become annoyed rather than get annoyed

• Seldom rather than often

She also active took part in online surveys to win food vouchers.

• to win should be to earn

• take part not took part

• actively not active

• online survey not online surveys

However, Megan's need for students to listen respectfully had started to take a toll to her.

• needs rather than need

• Alternatively instead of however

• respect not respectfully

• toll to becomes toll on

Pain is subjective, what pain mean to some people is not the same as for others.

• Pains not pain

• means not mean

• person not people

• Other not others

Danielle Steel took the world in storm writing 147 novels which all became best sellers.

• taken rather than took

• who all rather than which all

• novel not novels

• by storm not in storm

My mother was having yet another episodes of back pain.

• episode not episodes

• were not was

• but another not yet another

• back pains not back pain