Proofreading Paragraphs - Printable Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s go through each paragraph carefully and fix the spelling errors. We’ll read slowly, word by word, and correct any misspelled words.

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First Paragraph:

Original:
“Presidents vs Aliuns is a tablit game by Dan–Russell Pinson were you anser questions about US Prezidents to knock down a swarm of aliens. You must get the question corect in order to load up the President, then you aime at where you want to shoot him by dragging your finger accross the screen in the direcshun you want to go. The level is over wen all the aliens are nocked out of the sky, and when you win you gane a President to add to your kollektion. However, you only collect a President when you get 50% or more of the questions rite.”

Step-by-step corrections:

- “Aliuns” → should be Aliens
- “tablit” → should be tablet
- “were” → should be where (because it’s talking about location/situation)
- “anser” → should be answer
- “Prezidents” → should be Presidents
- “corect” → should be correct
- “aime” → should be aim
- “accross” → should be across
- “direcshun” → should be direction
- “wen” → should be when
- “nocked” → should be knocked
- “gane” → should be gain
- “kollektion” → should be collection
- “rite” → should be right

Corrected first paragraph:
“Presidents vs Aliens is a tablet game by Dan–Russell Pinson where you answer questions about US Presidents to knock down a swarm of aliens. You must get the question correct in order to load up the President, then you aim at where you want to shoot him by dragging your finger across the screen in the direction you want to go. The level is over when all the aliens are knocked out of the sky, and when you win you gain a President to add to your collection. However, you only collect a President when you get 50% or more of the questions right.”

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Second Paragraph:

Original:
“Teachers across the gloab are using Minecraft as a learning recourse. Studints say that with something interactiv and fun, something they can under stand, it helps make the math understandable, too. Some teechers found wayz to teach Historee in Minecraft, by having there students re-create Roman citys, or build complex struchures in survival mode. They have their student’s log onto a computer and bild, or the teacher projekts a screen onto the bored and teaches that way. I think this is the right approach towards students getting hier grades, and most importintly, having fun in school.”

Step-by-step corrections:

- “gloab” → should be globe
- “recourse” → should be resource (recourse means something else — like turning to someone for help; resource = tool/material for learning)
- “Studints” → should be Students
- “interactiv” → should be interactive
- “under stand” → should be understand (one word)
- “teechers” → should be teachers
- “wayz” → should be ways
- “Historee” → should be History
- “there” → should be their (possessive — belonging to them)
- “citys” → should be cities
- “struchures” → should be structures
- “student’s” → should be students’ (plural possessive — many students logging on)
- “bild” → should be build
- “projekts” → should be projects
- “bored” → should be board (as in whiteboard or smartboard)
- “hier” → should be higher
- “importintly” → should be importantly

Corrected second paragraph:
“Teachers across the globe are using Minecraft as a learning resource. Students say that with something interactive and fun, something they can understand, it helps make the math understandable, too. Some teachers found ways to teach History in Minecraft, by having their students re-create Roman cities, or build complex structures in survival mode. They have their students’ log onto a computer and build, or the teacher projects a screen onto the board and teaches that way. I think this is the right approach towards students getting higher grades, and most importantly, having fun in school.”

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Final Answer:
Here are the corrected paragraphs with all spelling errors fixed:

Paragraph 1:
Presidents vs Aliens is a tablet game by Dan–Russell Pinson where you answer questions about US Presidents to knock down a swarm of aliens. You must get the question correct in order to load up the President, then you aim at where you want to shoot him by dragging your finger across the screen in the direction you want to go. The level is over when all the aliens are knocked out of the sky, and when you win you gain a President to add to your collection. However, you only collect a President when you get 50% or more of the questions right.

Paragraph 2:
Teachers across the globe are using Minecraft as a learning resource. Students say that with something interactive and fun, something they can understand, it helps make the math understandable, too. Some teachers found ways to teach History in Minecraft, by having their students re-create Roman cities, or build complex structures in survival mode. They have their students’ log onto a computer and build, or the teacher projects a screen onto the board and teaches that way. I think this is the right approach towards students getting higher grades, and most importantly, having fun in school.