📝 Instructions

Welcome to Proofreading Practice!

Each sentence below contains 1-3 mistakes. Look for errors in:

• Spelling - words that don't look right

• Capitalisation - letters that should be big or small

• Punctuation - missing or wrong marks (. , ! ? " ")

• Grammar - words that don't fit together properly

Tip: Read each sentence aloud - your ears can catch mistakes your eyes might miss!

🔍 Part 1: Find and Fix the Mistakes

1. my sister sarah loves to read books about dragons and magic.

Corrected sentence:

2. The students went to auckland museum on wenesday to see the dinosaur exibition.

Corrected sentence:

3. "can you help me with my homework asked tom.

Corrected sentence:

4. The weather in christchurch is usualy cold in winter but it can be beautifull.

Corrected sentence:

5. We was planning to visit rotorua during the school holidays in july.

Corrected sentence:

🎯 Part 2: More Challenging Sentences

6. The rugby team from wellington won there match against canterbury on saturday.

Corrected sentence:

7. "I dont think its going to rain today said mum as she looked out the window

Corrected sentence:

8. The teacher asked the class to right a story about new zealand animals like kiwis possums and tuataras.

Corrected sentence:

9. My favourite subjects at school is maths science and english but i also enjoy art.

Corrected sentence:

10. The temperature in dunedin yesterday was only 8°c wich is quite cold for this time of year.

Corrected sentence:

💭 Part 3: Explain Your Corrections

Choose THREE sentences from above and explain what mistakes you found and why you corrected them.

Sentence number: ____

Mistakes I found and corrections I made:

Sentence number: ____

Mistakes I found and corrections I made:

Sentence number: ____

Mistakes I found and corrections I made:

🌟 Part 4: Quick Check

Which type of mistake did you find most often in this worksheet?

Spelling mistakes

Capitalisation errors

Punctuation problems

Grammar errors

What strategies helped you spot the mistakes? (Check all that apply)

Reading the sentences aloud

Looking for capital letters at the start of sentences

Checking for punctuation at the end of sentences

Looking for words that didn't look right

Checking if the grammar sounded correct

🏆 Reflection

What was the most challenging part of this proofreading exercise?

How will you use these proofreading skills in your own writing?

Proofreading Practice Worksheet

Proofreading Practice Worksheet

📝 Instructions

🔍 Part 1: Find and Fix the Mistakes

🎯 Part 2: More Challenging Sentences

💭 Part 3: Explain Your Corrections

🌟 Part 4: Quick Check

🏆 Reflection

About This Worksheet

Free in Kuraplan

Print-Ready

AI-Generated

For Teachers & Parents

Need a custom version of this worksheet?

More English Worksheets

English for Logistics Worksheet

English Support Worksheet

English Evaluation Skills Worksheet

English Prepositions Reference Sheet

Medieval English-French Monarchies

Year 3 English Worksheet

Year 8 English Worksheet

English Comprehension Worksheets