Academy11+
Free 11+ creative writing worksheet
Editing and proofreading checklist
About 5 minutes
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Use this checklist in the last five minutes of a writing task. Read your work quietly to yourself, tick each check when you've done it, and note three changes you made.
Punctuation and spelling
- Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with . ? or !
- Names of people and places have capital letters.
- Speech is inside inverted commas, with a new line for each new speaker.
- Commas separate items in a list and come after fronted adverbials.
- Apostrophes are in the right place (it's = it is; the dog's bowl).
- I've checked the spelling of any word I wasn't sure about.
Sentences and paragraphs
- I've started a new paragraph for a new time, place, person or event.
- My sentences start in different ways (not all 'I', 'He' or 'Then').
- I've used a mix of short and long sentences.
- I haven't written 'and then' again and again.
Making it better
- I've swapped at least one boring word for a stronger one.
- There's at least one simile, metaphor or piece of personification.
- I've shown a feeling rather than just naming it.
- My ending solves the problem and isn't rushed.
Three changes I made
| I changed... | to... | because... |
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