Primary 3 English Editing Quiz

Answer Key - Primary 3 English Quiz - Editing

Total Marks: 20

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Section A: Spelling Corrections (Questions 1 - 5)

Question 1

• Correct spelling: excited
• Explanation: The word "excited" means very enthusiastic and eager. The common mistake is to misspell it as "excited" by swapping the 'c' and 'i'. The correct spelling is e-x-c-i-t-e-d. Think of the base word "excite" and add "-ed".
• Marking: 1 mark for correct spelling. No half marks.

Question 2

• Correct spelling: amusing
• Explanation: "Amusing" means funny or entertaining. The error was "amuzing" which uses a 'z' instead of an 's'. The correct spelling is a-m-u-s-i-n-g.
• Marking: 1 mark for correct spelling.

Question 3

• Correct spelling: remember
• Explanation: "Remember" means to recall or not forget. The error "remeber" leaves out the 'm' after 'e'. The correct spelling is r-e-m-e-m-b-e-r. A helpful tip is to think of "re-" (again) + "member" (to think of).
• Marking: 1 mark for correct spelling.

Question 4

• Correct spelling: frightened
• Explanation: "Frightened" means scared or afraid. The error "frightend" is missing the 'e' before the 'd'. The base word is "frighten" and we add "-ed" to make it past tense: frighten + ed = frightened.
• Marking: 1 mark for correct spelling.

Question 5

• Correct spelling: received
• Explanation: "Received" means got or accepted something. The error "recieved" follows the common 'i before e except after c' rule incorrectly. The rule says 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'. Since 'c' comes before the vowel pair, it is 'ei': r-e-c-e-i-v-e-d.
• Marking: 1 mark for correct spelling.

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Section B: Grammar and Word Form Corrections (Questions 6 - 15)

Question 6

• Correct sentence: The team of players is training very hard for the match.
• Explanation: The subject is "The team", which is a collective noun. In this context, the team is acting as a single unit, so it takes a singular verb "is". The phrase "of players" is a prepositional phrase and does not change the number of the subject. Common mistake: thinking "players" is the subject.
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "are" to "is".

Question 7

• Correct sentence: She goes to the library every Saturday morning.
• Explanation: The subject "She" is third person singular. In the simple present tense, third person singular subjects (he, she, it) require the verb to have an '-s' or '-es' ending. "Go" becomes "goes".
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "go" to "goes".

Question 8

• Correct sentence: The cat washed itself carefully after eating the fish.
• Explanation: The word "careful" is an adjective (describing a noun). Here, we need an adverb to describe how the cat washed itself (the verb "washed"). Adverbs often end in "-ly". The adverb form of "careful" is "carefully".
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "careful" to "carefully".

Question 9

• Correct sentence: This is the girl who won the spelling bee.
• Explanation: The relative pronoun "which" is used for things or animals. The relative pronoun "who" is used for people. Since "girl" is a person, we must use "who".
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "which" to "who".

Question 10

• Correct sentence: There are many apples in the basket.
• Explanation: The verb "to be" must agree with the noun that follows it. "Apples" is a plural countable noun. Therefore, we must use the plural form "are" instead of "is".
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "is" to "are".

Question 11

• Correct sentence: He went to the zoo last weekend.
• Explanation: The phrase "last weekend" indicates a specific, finished time in the past. The present perfect tense ("has been") is used for actions that started in the past and continue to the present, or have a result in the present. For a finished past action with a specific time, we use the simple past tense ("went").
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "has been" to "went".

Question 12

• Correct sentence: The book is hers, not mine.
• Explanation: "Her" is an object pronoun (e.g., "I gave it to her") or a possessive adjective (e.g., "her book"). After the verb "is", we need a possessive pronoun to stand alone. The possessive pronoun for "she" is "hers". Other examples: "The car is mine." "The pen is yours."
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "her" to "hers".

Question 13

• Correct sentence: We must not run along the corridor.
• Explanation: After modal verbs like "must", "can", "should", "will", we use the base form of the verb (the infinitive without "to"). "Must not to run" is incorrect. It should be "must not run".
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly removing "to".

Question 14

• Correct sentence: The sun is shining brightly in the sky.
• Explanation: The word "bright" is an adjective. We need an adverb to describe how the sun is shining (the verb "is shining"). The adverb form of "bright" is "brightly".
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "bright" to "brightly".

Question 15

• Correct sentence: Neither the teacher nor the students were in the classroom.
• Explanation: With "neither...nor", the verb agrees with the noun closest to it. The noun closest to the verb is "students", which is plural. Therefore, the verb must be the plural form "were", not "was".
• Marking: 1 mark for correctly changing "was" to "were".

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Section C: Passage Editing (Questions 16 - 20)

Question 16

• Correction: found
• Explanation: The sentence is in the simple past tense ("Last Tuesday"). The past tense of "find" is "found", not "find". "Was find" is grammatically incorrect. The correct structure is "was found" (passive voice) or simply "was" + past participle.
• Marking: 1 mark for "found".

Question 17

• Correction: frightened
• Explanation: The word "frightening" describes something that causes fear (e.g., "a frightening movie"). The kitten felt fear, so we need the past participle "frightened" to describe its state of being scared. "It looked frightened" means it appeared to be scared.
• Marking: 1 mark for "frightened".

Question 18

• Correction: took
• Explanation: The story is set in the past ("Last Tuesday", "picked"). The verb "take" must be in the simple past tense to match. The past tense of "take" is "took".
• Marking: 1 mark for "took".

Question 19

• Correction: healthy
• Explanation: The word "healthy" is already correct. The sentence says "the kitten was healthy". "Healthy" is an adjective describing the kitten's condition. There is no error in this line. (Note: This is a trick question to see if students can identify when a line has no error. The instructions say "five errors", so one line must be correct. The student should write the word as it is.)
• Marking: 1 mark for writing "healthy" (or indicating it is correct). Accept "no change" or the word itself.

Question 20

• Correction: happily
• Explanation: The word "happy" is an adjective. We need an adverb to describe how the kitten lives (the verb "lives"). The adverb form of "happy" is "happily" (change the 'y' to 'i' and add '-ly').
• Marking: 1 mark for "happily".

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