Proofreading Exercises Pack

Specific topics covered include:
Exercises Section 1: Spelling American/English Spellings and Terminology
Abbreviations
Commonly Misspelled Words
Errors Easily Missed

Section 2: Punctuation
Capitalisation and End Punctuation
Capitalisation, End Punctuation, Small Words and Typing Errors
Apostrophes
Commas
Semicolons and Colons
Quotation Marks and
Parentheses
Hyphens, En dashes and Em dashes

Exercises Section 3: Grammar
Homophones and Commonly Confused Words
Adverbs
Incorrectly Used Words
Subject–Verb Agreement
Misplaced and ‘Dangling’ Participles
Pronouns

Section 4: Errors Relating to Formatting
Bulleted and Numbered Lists
Figures and Tables
Line Breaks, Spaces and Hyphens
Auxiliary Features

Section 5: Copy-editing
Gender-neutral Language
Faulty Parallelism
Tone

The Three-step Process to Proofreading Improvement!

Pinpoint problem areas and practise key proofreading skills taught in The Proofreading Training Pack. Fantastic for training and self-improvement!

  1. Proofreading Test One
    A preliminary test covering a wide range of common errors. Great as a diagnostic test for spotting stronger and weaker areas!
  2. Focused exercises on spelling, punctuation, grammar, formatting and copy-editing
    Speed up improvement with two clearly labelled extra exercises per problem area.
  3. Proofreading Test Two
    Checks overall progression and indicates areas which need further attention and study.

Self-contained – an easy-to-use mark scheme accompanies each section.
Plus! Focused exercise answers show proofreading marks to check your usage!

Perfect for accompanying The Proofreading Training Pack ISBN: 978-0954729769