Monday, 29 July 2019

Punctuation and Spelling

Add capital letters, commas, full stops and apostrophes where missing:

the building which was shaped as a spiral staircase stood tall in the middle of the bustling city it was aptly named gateway to heaven it had multi-colour windows that were glistening in the morning sun like gemstones in jewellery the buildings shadow covered the entire  city like an umbrella it had ninety stories  there was an observation deck on th eighty first floor there was visitors waiting eagerly in a mile long queue to buy tickets the lifts which took people up and down had glass walls this gave people fantastic views of the city as they climbed up the buiding the visitors centre in the observation deck offered an adventurous activity to abseil down the side wall of the building if youre brave give it a try itll be worthy experience

Spot the words with spelling mistakes and write the correct spelling

He carefuly walked along the narow path up the mountain. If he mised a step, he might fall into the deep valley below. He was plesantly suprised that he was brave enough to take this hike. As he asended up, he was extremly thrilled to see the scenerys on either side of the path. He started to become slightly nervos as he climbed futher up. However, he wanted to go climb up and not return back. He stoped for a rest and sat on a stone looking like a shot piller to relax for a wile. The whether was perfect: it was comfortabley sunny and slightly berezy. He opened his backpack and took out the snacks he had brought. He ate them unhurriedly, taking his time. After fourty minuts, he decided to start walking. With a bounce in his steps, he continued the rest of his journy on foot happily to reach the summit of the mountan.

Add commas, capital letters and full stops where needed:

1. the train which was scheduled to arrive at 15:30  was twenty minutes late

2. twenty minutes after the scheduled time of arrival the train reached montford city station

3. annoyed by the delay mr smith quickly disembarked the train

4. thinking he would be late for his appointment he tried to run fast as he could in the crowded platform knocking down luggages

5. looking at his not so responsible behaviour he was stopped by the station guard

6. having understood his irresponsibility he apologised

7. mr smiths appointment was at 16:00

8. as he was running short of time he decided to take a taxi to the appointment 

9. after hurrying down the escalator he hopped on a taxi

10. as it was raining heavily the roads were flooded and the traffic was moving very slowly

11 nervously he was sitting at the edge of the back seat

12. worrying about missing his appointment he checked with the taxi driver whether he will be able to reach the place on time

13. the taxi driver didnt give a positive response

14. disappointed he started to look through his phone

15. as he went through the list of his appointments he was surprised to find out that the appointment was actually the next day