Tip Strip * Some ofthe lines are correct, but usually no ‘more than five. = There is no more than one errorper line. ‘= Underline any words you think my be misspelled. Check that there are no other errors on that line = Underline ary punctuation marks you think may be wrong or missing, then read the whole sentence (not just the tine) to see how it should be punctuated. + Look out for things like: wrong use of ‘apostrophes, unclosed ‘speech marks and missing capital letters, ‘Question 32: Which word in this line contains a ‘sound in English that can be spelled in two ways? ‘Question 34: Make sure that all plurals are correctly formed. Questions 35 and 36: Read the whole sentence, ‘There are two commas in| the sentonce, butonly ‘one ofthem is needed. (Questions 38 and 45: Think carefully about the use ofthe apostrophe ‘when reading these questions. Bra In most lines of the following text, there is either a spelling mistake or a punctuation error. For each numbered line 31-46, write the correctly-spelled word or show the correct punctuation, Some lines are correct. Indicate these with a tick (v). The exer- cise begins with three examples (0), (00) and (000), Examples: | 0 | accouwtawcy 00 | Wiutakes. The 000} v The Big List ° Jon Sandys, a 20-year-old acountancy student has produced 00 a document called The Big List of Movie Mistekes. the list, 000 ‘hich has been compiled with the help of hawk-eyed movie 31 fans, shows that many Hollywood blockbusters are peppered 32 with mistakes. He has found examples of microfones which | 33 op up during ancient battles, clotheing which changes colour | 34 during car chases and dead bodys that keep blinking. Movie 35 fans from around the world, have sent Jon examples they have 36 ‘come across, and he now has & colection of more than 2,400 37 mistakes from 700 differant films, Most of the examples quoted 38 ‘appear to come from well-known films, but its not clear whether 39 40 au 42 43 44 45 46 thi because they contain more errors, or simply because more people watch them and so notice the mishaps. Jon started the list because he is « big film fan himself and throught it would be imteresting. ‘Some people accuse him of wanting to spoil fil 3, but he insists that the list is just harmless fun. He ‘warns, however, that spotting errors can be contagous. A lot of people have adi ced {o him thet they now borrow film’s from a video libary just to try and spot the howlers on the list. TEST 1, PAPER 3 =