Editing a persuasive letter about school uniform | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

True or false? Editing is the process of making changes to improve writing to ensure text flow and overall quality.

Answer explanation

When you edit, you decide what you will change and what you will keep the same.

Which of these is the job of an editor?

• re-write the whole text

• check for mistakes in punctuation

• check only for punctuation

• check for improvements to sentence structure

Answer explanation

An editor will also make improvements in language choices.

When we edit punctuation in a non-fiction text, which three of these do we check to see if they're missing or incorrectly used?

• capital letters

• commas

• handwriting

• apostrophes

Answer explanation

We also check for missing or incorrectly used full stops when editing punctuation.

What is the punctuation mistake in this sentence? "Firstly I believe having a uniform for all schools would be a good idea because it would be much cheaper for parents and carers."

• missing full stop

• full stop in the wrong place

• missing comma after fronted adverbial

Answer explanation

All fronted adverbials need a commas after them.

Which of these sentences is missing a word?

• School uniform helps to make everyone feel included.

• School uniform helps to children recognisable on trips.

• School uniform helps to stop competitiveness between pupils.

Answer explanation

The sentence including the missing word would be 'School uniform helps to make children recognisable on trips.'

What is the mistake in this sentence? Parents and carers, which are often rushing in the morning, would appreciate not having to help their child decide what to wear.

• missing comma after fronted adverbial

• missing comma after embedded relative clause

• wrong relative pronoun

Answer explanation

We use the relative pronoun 'who' for relative clauses that add additional information about a person or group of people.