Half Term Literacy Assessment

You will see a passage that has 20 mistakes You will see a passage that has 20 mistakes. You need to make the corrections. You will need to: Add Capital Letters Change regular/irregular verbs to the past tense Check for subject/verb agreement

Despite his ailing health and lonely lifestyle, mr jones’ garden were always full of brightly colour flowers and the grass were cut short with the hedgerow neatly trim. The daffodils could still be saw swaying on the dark february night that had now set in. Cooking were Mr Jones’ hobby. the smell of freshly baked buns often waft through the kitchen window got the attention of all the local children who played on wellings road. One child has been dared by the others to knock on the lonely man’s front door. Trembling with nerves, tommy ask, “please Mr Jones, could i has one of those delicious smelling buns?”

Check your answers. Give yourself a mark out of 20. Despite his ailing health and lonely lifestyle, Mr Jones’ garden was always full of brightly coloured flowers and the grass was cut short with the hedgerow neatly trimmed. The daffodils could still be seen swaying on the dark February night that had now set in. Cooking was Mr Jones’ hobby. The smell of freshly baked buns often wafted through the kitchen window getting the attention of all the local children who played on Wellings Road. One child had been dared by the others to knock on the lonely man’s front door. Trembling with nerves, Tommy asked, “Please Mr Jones, could I have one of those delicious smelling buns?”