This is the page where you can try our
Message Writing Quiz.
Below is a pretend message from a pretend kid. Under it I wrote the message again correcting all the grammar and spelling errors. Look carefully at both messages. See if you can find all the 11 mistakes.
i read a good book recently called the lion.It's all about a lion that gets
sick,then goes out and gets lost in the snow. i've never read it before but
now i like it alot. ( i like to read lion books ). It was written by john braken. I hope u can read it
I read a good book recently called The Lion. It's all about a lion that gets
sick, then goes out and gets lost in the snow. I've never read it before but
now I like it a lot. (I like to read lion books). It was written by John Braken. I hope you can read it.
Did you find all 11 mistakes? Here's a list of them in order from the start of the message to the end.
1) A sentence always starts with a capital letter: "I" not "i".
2) The title of a book always needs capital letters: The Lion.
3) A space is always needed after a period.
4) A space is always needed after a comma.
5) "i've" is always written "I've" even in the middle of a sentence.
6) I is always written in uppercase even in the middle of a sentence: "I" not "i".
7) There is no such word as "alot". It is written "a lot".
8) There is no space after or before a bracket.
9) An author's name (or anyone's name) always needs capital letters: John Bracken.
10) Full words should be used in messages: "you" not "u", "are" not "r".
11) Every sentence needs to end with a period (or a question mark or an exclamation mark).
Now that you know all the mistakes, please try and write with good grammar and spelling on this website. Thank you very much.