English worksheets: Proofreading (The Bilby) - Free Printable

Task: Identify and Correct Mistakes in the Text

The task requires identifying one mistake in each line of the text and providing the correct word. Below is the analysis and correction for each line:

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#### Line 1:
Original: The bilby is a small animal with large pointy ears
Mistake: "pointy" (incorrect spelling)
Correction: "pointed"

Corrected Line: The bilby is a small animal with large pointed ears.

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#### Line 2:
Original: and a banded tale. They have long pointed snouts
Mistake: "tale" (incorrect spelling; should be "tail")
Correction: "tail"

Corrected Line: and a banded tail. They have long pointed snouts.

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#### Line 3:
Original: and silky blue-grey fur. Their bodys range in size
Mistake: "bodys" (incorrect plural form; should be "bodies")
Correction: "bodies"

Corrected Line: and silky blue-grey fur. Their bodies range in size.

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#### Line 4:
Original: from 29 centimetres up to 55 centimetre. They
Mistake: "centimetre" (singular form used incorrectly; should be plural "centimetres")
Correction: "centimetres"

Corrected Line: from 29 centimetres up to 55 centimetres. They

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#### Line 5:
Original: has tails which are almost as long as their bodies.
Mistake: "has" (subject-verb agreement error; should be "have" since the subject is plural "They")
Correction: "have"

Corrected Line: have tails which are almost as long as their bodies.

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#### Line 6:
Original: The males is usually twice as big as the females.
Mistake: "is" (subject-verb agreement error; should be "are" since the subject is plural "males")
Correction: "are"

Corrected Line: The males are usually twice as big as the females.

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#### Line 7:
Original: They weigh up too 2.5 kilograms. They have very
Mistake: "too" (incorrect usage; should be "to")
Correction: "to"

Corrected Line: They weigh up to 2.5 kilograms. They have very

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#### Line 8:
Original: strong front legs and claws which they uses for
Mistake: "uses" (subject-verb agreement error; should be "use" since the subject is plural "they")
Correction: "use"

Corrected Line: strong front legs and claws which they use for

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#### Line 9:
Original: burrowing and diging for food. The bilby has poor
Mistake: "diging" (incorrect spelling; should be "digging")
Correction: "digging"

Corrected Line: burrowing and digging for food. The bilby has poor

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#### Line 10:
Original: vision but there hearing is very good.
Mistake: "there" (incorrect pronoun; should be "their")
Correction: "their"

Corrected Line: vision but their hearing is very good.

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Final Answer:

Here is the list of corrections:

1. pointy → pointed
2. tale → tail
3. bodys → bodies
4. centimetre → centimetres
5. has → have
6. is → are
7. too → to
8. uses → use
9. diging → digging
10. there → their

Final Answer:
\boxed{
\begin{array}{ll}
1) & \text{pointy → pointed} \\
2) & \text{tale → tail} \\
3) & \text{bodys → bodies} \\
4) & \text{centimetre → centimetres} \\
5) & \text{has → have} \\
6) & \text{is → are} \\
7) & \text{too → to} \\
8) & \text{uses → use} \\
9) & \text{diging → digging} \\
10) & \text{there → their} \\
\end{array}
}