PROOFREADING

ACTIVITY: Proofread the following paragraph. Add either ie or ei to complete the words.

Recently our n__ ghborhood held its annual picnic in the baseball

f__Id near the ch__f of police's house.

We ate lots of food— w__ners, corn on the cob, and p__ces of cake.

Some of the people started playing w__rd games, combining softball and soccer.

While we were playing ball, the misch__vous children said they saw a th__f race through the picnic area and rel__ve us of all the sandwiches.

My n__ce did not bel__ve them, so she began to give the children gr__f.

One of her fr__nds said that he saw the real th__ves.

Suddenly, the smiling children returned the sandwiches, and we enjoyed the rest of our I__sure time.

At the end of the afternoon, our grandfather presented special ach__vement awards to all except the "misch__vous" children.