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School concert<br />
Read the diary entry.<br />
Editing skills<br />
Dear diary<br />
Today was the big day I felt so nervos about<br />
playing my guitar in front of the hole school.<br />
There were twentytwo of us from different clases<br />
waiting offstage to perform all with diferent instruments.<br />
When my name was called I slow walked on I had<br />
a heartstopping moment wen I almost dropped my<br />
gitar. But once I’d s<strong>at</strong> down and started playing, I felt<br />
much better. I made a few mistaks but I managed to<br />
keep going, so I hop noone noticed! When I’d finished<br />
the audience began to applaud loud It felt gre<strong>at</strong> I<br />
haven’t stopped smilling yet I can’t wait to play again.<br />
1 Punctu<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
(a) Find the 2 missing commas and 3 full<br />
stops.<br />
(b) Find the 3 missing hyphens and 2<br />
exclam<strong>at</strong>ion marks.<br />
2 Grammar<br />
Adverbs are words th<strong>at</strong> describe verbs, telling<br />
‘how’, ‘when’ or ‘why’ something happens.<br />
They often end in ‘ly’; for example, ‘happily’,<br />
‘quickly’.<br />
(a) Write the 2 adverbs th<strong>at</strong> are missing the<br />
‘ly’ ending in the space <strong>at</strong> the end of the<br />
line.<br />
(b) Add adverbs to describe the verbs in<br />
these sentences. They do not have to<br />
end in ‘ly’.<br />
(i) Her hands shook .<br />
(ii) The audience listened .<br />
(iii) Although I don’t practise ,<br />
I am improving.<br />
3 Spelling<br />
(a) Two plural<br />
words from the<br />
text are spelt<br />
incorrectly. Write<br />
the correct spelling<br />
in the space <strong>at</strong> the end<br />
of the line.<br />
(b) Write the 7 other misspelt words<br />
correctly in the space <strong>at</strong> the end of the<br />
line.<br />
4 Vocabulary<br />
(a) List as many musical instruments with<br />
strings as you can. Use a dictionary to<br />
make sure your spelling is correct.<br />
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