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More hints for proofreading:

Get a STUDY BUDDY!
It is much harder to spot mistakes in your own work than in someone else's since
it is tempting to read what you think is there not what is actually there!
Try swopping work with a buddy and proofread each other’s writing.

Be aware of the mistakes you commonly make.
As you get used to proofreading your work, you will notice that there are some
mistakes you make quite often. For example, you may often mix up your tenses
or mix up homophones such as ‘there’ and ‘their’.
Make of note of your common errors and take extra care to look out for them
in your writing.

Your spellchecker is not always your best friend!
When you use a computer for your work, you will be able to use the
spellchecker to find mistakes in your spelling. BUT, there are three points
to remember:

 If the word has a small mistake, the spellchecker will usually cope very
well. HOWEVER, if you have mixed up several letters, the spellchecker
may give you several suggestions for the word and you must make sure
you choose the correct one.
Example: Can you spot the misstayk?
The word we need here is mistake but the spellchecker may also suggest
words like misty, mislay, misstep, mistook.

 Spellcheckers can only tell you if the spelling is right, not if you have
used the right word.
Example: It will not fined words witch are misused but spelt write!

 Spellcheckers may not recognise proper names such as Uppington Hall,

Mrs Brimwell.

Self Assessment Guide for Proofreading:
Use the ‘Traffic light’ system to colour in the boxes next to each target in the table:
GREEN = I can do this. YELLOW = I can sometimes do this. RED = I can’t do this.

My writing makes sense.

I have checked the spelling and corrected my mistakes.
Red/yellow/green Traffic lights
I have checked the punctuation and corrected my mistakes.

I have checked the grammar and corrected my mistakes.
My target:

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