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Editing — PSLE Format

Name: ______________________Class: ________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 20
  1. 1.

    Find the error: 'She was very happy and danced joyous.'

    (a) very(b) happy(c) danced(d) joyous (should be joyously)
  2. 2.

    Find the error: 'Everyone of the students were excited.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  3. 3.

    Find the error: 'She is taller then her brother.'

    (a) She(b) is(c) taller(d) then (should be than)
  4. 4.

    Find the error: 'I had went to the market yesterday.'

  5. 5.

    Find the error: 'Neither Tom nor Jerry are going to the party.'

    (a) Neither(b) Tom(c) are (should be is)(d) party
  6. 6.

    Find the error: 'She don't know the answer.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  7. 7.

    Find the error: 'The children was playing in the garden when it started to rain.'

    (a) children(b) was (should be were)(c) playing(d) started
  8. 8.

    Find the error: 'He could not helped laughing at the joke.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  9. 9.

    Find the error: 'She speaks English good.'

    (a) She(b) speaks(c) English(d) good (should be well)
  10. 10.

    Find the error: 'One of my friend is coming to visit.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  11. 11.

    Find the error: 'The informations on the website was helpful.'

    (a) informations (should be information)(b) on(c) website(d) was
  12. 12.

    Find two errors: 'He swimmed across the river quick.'

  13. 13.

    Find the error: 'Despite of the rain, the match continued.'

    (a) Despite (should not have 'of')(b) the rain(c) match(d) continued
  14. 14.

    Find the error: 'She asked me where did I live.'

  15. 15.

    Find the error: 'I have been living here since five years.'

    (a) have been(b) living(c) here(d) since (should be for)
  16. 16.

    Find the error: 'Each students must bring their own textbook.'

  17. 17.

    Find the error: 'She is more prettier than her sister.'

    (a) She(b) is(c) more prettier (double comparative)(d) sister
  18. 18.

    Find the error: 'The reason why he failed was because he did not study.'

  19. 19.

    Find the error: 'If I was you, I would apologise.'

    (a) If(b) was (should be were)(c) would(d) apologise
  20. 20.

    Find and correct all errors: 'Me and him goes to school everyday.'

Answer key — P6 English: Editing — PSLE Format

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  1. 1.(d) joyous (should be joyously)
  2. 2.were should be was
  3. 3.(d) then (should be than)
  4. 4.had went should be went (or had gone)
  5. 5.(c) are (should be is)
  6. 6.don't should be doesn't
  7. 7.(b) was (should be were)
  8. 8.helped should be help
  9. 9.(d) good (should be well)
  10. 10.friend should be friends
  11. 11.(a) informations (should be information)
  12. 12.swimmed should be swam; quick should be quickly
  13. 13.(a) Despite (should not have 'of')
  14. 14.where did I live should be where I lived
  15. 15.(d) since (should be for)
  16. 16.students should be student; their should be his or her
  17. 17.(c) more prettier (double comparative)
  18. 18.Remove either 'why' or 'because' (redundant)
  19. 19.(b) was (should be were)
  20. 20.He and I go to school every day.
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