Additional Practice Exercises of Proofreading (Form 7 AS UE Jan/ Feb)

Exercise 1 Difficulty: 4/5Speaking the unconscious, it is necessary to begin with

Sigmund Freud. He was the first person who to study the

topic extensively and he laid out with some important, albeit

controversy ideas regarding this mysterious phenomenon.

Born into a Jewish family, Sigmund Freud first trained to

a physiologist and practiced in Vienna. Around 1880, he and

his partner treated a patient with false name, ‘Anna O’, who

exhibited a variety of physical problem. The most puzzling

symptom of all was her proclaim inability to move and feel

her right arm. Many to Freud’s surprise, he realized that once

Anna had gave vent to her deeply suppressed emotions, her

symptoms eventually had disappeared. This unusual phenomenon

then sparked Freud’s interest in studying the effect of repressed

thoughts and emotions engendered humans.

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Exercise 2 Difficulty: 3/5

Most of us aware by now that broadcast stations are

constantly try to publicise their news anchors as celebrities

- providing them with full makeover, including glamorous

attires, exotic hair styles, customized images and wide media

exposure – all design to boost the station’s audience ratings.

But is the beauty the key element in distinguishing a good

anchor to a poor one? Recently, one group of secondary

student got the chance to visit a television studio to try to find

answer for themselves – by becoming anchors for one day.

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Answers:Exercise 1

1. speak of the (mention)2. delete who3. delete with4. controversy controversial5. to be // to as6. TICK7. with a/the false (name is a countable noun)8. problem problems9. proclaim proclaimed10. many much11. gave given12. delete had13. TICK14. engendered by/in humans

Exercise 21. us are aware (aware is an adjective)2. try trying3. with a full// makeover makeovers (makeover is a countable noun)4. attires attire (attire is an uncount noun) (clothes and accessories)5. design designed6. delete the7. to from8. student students9. the answer

Question (5*) (agreement and countability of nouns)

It is an objective, quantifiable ways to show our determination and 1.

our wish for an abolition of functional constituencies. 2.

Haiti

Darlene Etienne was said to be happy but dehydrate. Rescuers said 1.

she had survived by drinking water from bath. 2.

Her rescue comes five days after Haitian government officially 3.

ended search and rescue operation. 4.

As many as 200,000 people die in the 12 January earthquake. More 5.

than 130 people have pulled alive from the rubble. 6.