IELTS and TOEFL writing · Lesson 6 of 6
Proofreading your text
Keep five minutes at the end to reread. Check one thing at a time: first verbs, then articles and plurals, then spelling and punctuation. One pass for everything misses most mistakes.
Check that each verb agrees with its subject: , . Check tenses: a finished time such as or takes the past simple, not the present perfect.
Then check the classic spelling traps: and , , and , and , and . Every sentence starts with a capital and ends with a full stop.
Examples
- She works in a large hospital.
- The results show a clear rise.
- I visited my aunt last year.
- Their house is bigger than ours.
- It's clear that the team needs its coach.