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Primary 6 English: Editing & Proofreading Practice
Real Primary 6 English questions on Editing & Proofreading, pulled directly from the Olibits question bank — the same questions a child would actually see, not separately written for this page.
Curriculum alignment
English Language Syllabus, Primary (MOE, 2020 syllabus)
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Real Editing & Proofreading practice questions
Proofreading her cousin's diary entry before it's typed up for a school project, Mei Ling finds this sentence: "Me and my sister went to the library yesterday." Which correction fixes the error in this sentence?
Change "Me and my sister" to "My sister and I" ✓
Change "went" to "goes"
Change "yesterday" to "tomorrow"
Change "library" to "libraries"
As the subject of the sentence, the pronoun should be in the subject case ("I"), and it is polite convention to mention yourself last.
Which correction fixes the error in this sentence? "I have less books than you."
Change "less" to "fewer" ✓
Change "have" to "has"
Change "books" to "book"
Change "than" to "then"
"Fewer" is used for countable nouns like "books", while "less" is reserved for uncountable nouns like "water" or "time".
Which correction fixes the error in this sentence? "The teacher gave the award to whomever scored the highest."
Change "whomever" to "whoever" ✓
Change "gave" to "give"
Change "award" to "awards"
Change "scored" to "scores"
"Whoever" is needed because it acts as the subject of the verb "scored"; "whomever" would only be correct as an object.
Which correction fixes the error in this sentence? "He is one of the best player on the team."
Change "player" to "players" ✓
Change "is" to "are"
Change "best" to "better"
Change "team" to "teams"
The phrase "one of the best ___" refers to a group, so the noun that follows must be plural: "players".