Proofreading Exercises
Learn how to proofread by working through our library of proofreading exercises.
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- Post date August 24, 2020
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In a digital world, it’s more important than ever to make sure your communications are error-free – you don’t want to be responsible for a press release that goes viral because of an awkward misspelling.
That’s why we’ve put together this collection of proofreading exercises to test your skills. Work your way up through the difficulty levels until you feel confident that you’ve mastered the required proofreading skills.
Download each exercise PDF to get started, then print it out or copy-paste it into Microsoft Word; once you’ve finished editing, cross-check the mistakes you found with the relevant answer sheet.
Answer sheets follow AP Stylebook conventions (where appropriate) and use British spelling. New proofreading exercises will be regularly added to this page. Note that the original sources contain the correct text – all mistakes have been added in for the purposes of the exercises.
Easy Proofreading Exercise 1
Exercise details.
Format: News Article
Source: ‘NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance hits back after claims Sydney ferries won’t fit under bridges.’
Easy Proofreading Exercise 2
Source: ‘Now is the time to buy in the Melbourne property market.’
Easy Proofreading Exercise 3
Format: Blog Post
Source: How to Find the Noosa Fairy Pools
Easy Proofreading Exercise 4
Source: Marketing for Small Businesses
Medium Proofreading Exercise 1
Format: Annual Report
Source: Rio Tinto Annual Report 2019 – Strategic Report
Medium Proofreading Exercise 2
Source: The 11 Best Foods to Support Your Immune System
Medium Proofreading Exercise 3
Format: Online Article
Source: A Better Way to Map Brand Strategy
Medium Proofreading Exercise 4
Format: Online Publication
Source: Telstra s 87B Undertaking
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Hard Proofreading Exercise 1
Format: Academic Journal
Source: Passafaro, P. (2020). Attitudes and Tourists’ Sustainable Behavior: An Overview of the Literature and Discussion of Some Theoretical and Methodological Issues. Journal of Travel Research, 59 (4), 579–601. DOI: 10.1177/0047287519851171
Hard Proofreading Exercise 2
Source: Demirkol, S., & Cifci, I. (2020). Delving into the Role of Celebrity Chefs and Gourmets in Culinary Destination Marketing. European Journal of Tourism Research, 26 , 2603. https://ejtr.vumk.eu/index.php/about/article/view/1934
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Duncan is a copywriter with a background in editing and storytelling. He loves collaborating with brands big and small, and thrives on the challenges of hard marketing.
4 comments on “Proofreading Exercises”
This is great. It’s really helpful to see practical exercises. Thanks for putting this together!
Fantastic exercises, thank you for providing these!
These exercises have been really great. Thank you. I’m using them with my A level student in preparation for University where proofreading will be essential! The content is just right for his interest level too and short enough to keep his interest.
Hi Geraldine, it’s great to hear you and your student are finding the exercises helpful. We’ll hopefully add some more in the near future.
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Unit 8: Proofreading
Spelling errors make a poor impression! Learn about some common mistakes to avoid.
Proofreading
When you write quickly, it is easy to make mistakes. Always check your email carefully before you send it. It is a good idea to keep a list of words you have spelled wrongly in the past. Use this list to check that you have spelled them correctly. Also, use your computer's spell checker if you can. This will automatically correct spellings for you. Finally, here are a few other things to check for.
Words with similar sounds
Some words sound the same in English but have different spelling:
*Their not * hear yet. > They're not here yet. *Wear do you want to * meat ? > Where do you want to meet ?
Short words
These are easy to spell, but they are also easy to spell incorrectly. Short words are the ones we type most quickly. It's easy to type some of the letters in the wrong order.
a lot * fo mistakes > of Thank you * fro your letter > for at * hte meeting > the
Silent letters
Many words that are common in emails have silent letters. Here are some examples (the silent letters are underlined):
k now w rite w rong forwa r d thou gh t ri gh t int e resting We d n e sday By e
Grammar: subject/verb agreement
You should always check that you have used the right verb in the right form. A common mistake is to forget the -s in the 3rd person singular (he/she/it).
The training *start at 9 a.m. > starts My plane *leave at 4.35. > leaves How long *do it take? > does How many times *have he been here? > has
Punctuation
Remember to start every sentence with a capital letter, and to use a capital letter for place names, days, months, names, etc.
W e will be in N ewcastle with M rs H amilton on M arch the 4th, in M anchester with D r K assu on T uesday the 5th, and B irmingham with A ndrea E ste on the T hursday.
We usually use commas when opening and closing emails, use a full stop at the end of a sentence and a capital letter at the start of a sentence. An exclamation mark (!) is OK in a friendly email, but it's better not to use them in formal emails.
Hi Mark, Thank you very much for all your help this week. You must be glad it's the weekend! With best regards, Pattie
Here are the correctly spelt words: Hello, I look forward to, at the meeting, English lesson, let me know, next week, Dear John, With best regards, in the morning
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Hello. Could you please help me? In the following sentence, are the punctuation marks used correctly? Could you explain more, please? - We will be arriving on Monday morning – at least, I think so. Thank you.
Hello Ahmed Imam,
Yes, that's perfectly fine. It's an example of the dash used for parenthetical statements.
You can read more about the dash here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash
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I think that's a very useful lesson to learn to write an email, thanks.
Hi there, Thank you for this test. It was really helpful.
this is very useful information. generally, I do a lot of spelling mistakes in my email but I would like to improve it and before sending my email to someone I just check it out.
Excellent spelling practice
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Download each exercise PDF to get started, then print it out or copy-paste it into Microsoft Word; once you've finished editing, cross-check the mistakes you found with the relevant answer sheet. Good luck! Answer sheets follow AP Stylebook conventions (where appropriate) and use British spelling. New proofreading exercises will be regularly ...
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If possible, do your editing and proofreading in several short blocks of time, rather than all at once—otherwise, your concentration is likely to wane. If you're short on time, you may wish to prioritize your editing and proofreading tasks to be sure that the most important ones are completed. Editing Like 15 people like this.
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UEfAP Exercises - these proofreading exercises cover prepositions, ergative verbs, word order, nouns, spelling, punctuation and more. SfEP: Self-Test in Proofreading - test your skills with this test from the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. Skills Practice: Find the Mistakes - this New York Times article lets you attempt to find errors in ...
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Proofreading. When you write quickly, it is easy to make mistakes. Always check your email carefully before you send it. It is a good idea to keep a list of words you have spelled wrongly in the past. Use this list to check that you have spelled them correctly. Also, use your computer's spell checker if you can.
Below you'll find our lists of printable paragraph correction worksheets. On these worksheets, students must choose the best way to correct errors highlighted in the given paragraph. They are tested on their knowledge of punctuation, spelling, syntax, symmetry, vocabulary, and verb tense usage. Each paragraph correction worksheet is 8 questions ...