20855_Editing_descriptions_Years_4_and_5

Missing person
Read the description.
Editing skills
Police are concerned (fore, for) the safety of VANESSA
HOYLE. vanessa was last seen two wks ago near her
home in blakeville, Qld.
Vanessa
• is 20 yrs old
• is 172 cm tall and has a slim build
• has ollive skin, short black hair and brown eyes
• speaks with an american acsent
• was wearing (blue, blew) jeans and a white T-shirt
with a pickture of a cat on it
at the time of her disapearanse
• may stop at a pharmacy to (by, buy) the medicine
she needs (too, to) treat her asthma
• didn’t tell no-one that she planed to leave home.
If anyone has (scene, seen) Vanessa, please contact the
police. Ph: 18 00 62.
1 Punctuation
(a) Find the 3 missing capital letters for
proper nouns. Add the missing colon in
the offset list and write it in the space at
the end of the line.
2 Grammar
Adjectives describe nouns.
(a) Find adjectives from the text to match
these nouns.
(i) build
(ii) T-shirt
(iii) skin
(iv) jeans
(b) Write the correct spelling for the misspelt
words in the space at the end of the line.
4 Vocabulary
Shortened forms of words are often used in
text; for example, etc., USA.
(a) There are 5 shortened forms in this text.
Write the full version of each word in the
space at the end of the line.
5 Writing
A double negative statement incorrectly uses
two negative words.
(a) Underline the line in the text containing a
double negative. Write it correctly.
3 Spelling
(a) Choose the correct spelling from each
pair of words in brackets. Write your
choice in the space at the end of the line.
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