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Proofreading exercise worksheet with historical passages containing spelling mistakes to be corrected.

Proofreading worksheet with two paragraphs containing spelling errors for students to correct, featuring historical text about Beaumont and Scotty's Castul.

Proofreading worksheet with two paragraphs containing spelling errors for students to correct, featuring historical text about Beaumont and Scotty's Castul.

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Final Answer:
Here are the corrected spelling errors:

Paragraph 1:
- “armee” → “army”
- “tryd” → “tried”
- “exercize” → “exercise”
- “publishd” → “published”
- “Joose” → “Juice”
- “Cannada” → “Canada”
- “practise” → “practice” (in American English, which this text uses)

Paragraph 2:
- “Castul” → “Castle”
- “dezinged” → “designed”
- “Yhompson” → “Thompson”
- “con man” → “conman” (or leave as two words — both are acceptable, but “conman” is more common)
- “prospector” → correct as is
- “nevah” → “never”
- “construcshun” → “construction”
- “stoppt” → “stopped”
- “unaware” → should be “unaware” — actually correct! (no change needed)
- “biding” → “building”
- “propaty” → “property”
- “rezolved” → “resolved”
- “konstruction” → “construction”
- “Thats” → “That’s”
- “crashd” → “crashed”
- “crashin” → “crashing”

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Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of misspelled words worksheet.
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