Question

spelling
proofreading application
lessons 1–4
as you read the story, find the twenty misspelled words and circle them. then write the correct spelling for each circled word on the lines that follow.
detective shelly sherlock was (kean) on solving mysteries. today’s problem was jewelry miss-ing from countess lily’s hotel room. first, shelly did a thorogh search for clues. she found an important documint in the countess’s room. “the vilain might have left fingerprints on this,” shelly guessed.
shelly worked until twylight completing her rutine search around the hotel. quite by (acident) she ran into a couple carrying some cleaning supplies. “what brings you here?” she asked.
“we’re part of the cleaning crew for a special ocasion,” they replied.
“ah! the plat thickens!” thought shelly. trousting her intuition, she pretended that the couple was innocent. to destract them, she offered them some gum and then tossed the wrapper on the carpet. when they didn’t pick it up, shelly guessed they were not working for the hotel.
“i’ve heard some gosip about burglars. have you seen anything strange?” as they looked at each other, shelly knocked over their vacum cleaner. the contents spilled out. there were the countess’s jewels!
“i pleed with you not to force us to talk!” the man begged. “we took an ooth to keep our boss’s secret. it’s not apropriate to talk about the boss.”
“it’s my duty to call the police,” shelly said. “i have never witheld evidence.”
later the countess showed her greatitude by inviting the detective to visit her in paris. to quoet shelly: “what an unselfush person!”
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Explanation:

To solve this proofreading task, we identify misspelled words in the story and provide their correct spellings:

1. "kean" should be "keen" (enthusiastic).
2. "documint" → "document" (written record).
3. "thorogh" → "thorough" (detailed).
4. "vilain" → "villain" (wrongdoer).
5. "twylight" → "twilight" (dusk/dawn).
6. "rutine" → "routine" (regular task).
7. "acident" → "accident" (unplanned event).
8. "ocasion" → "occasion" (event/time).
9. "plat" → "plot" (storyline).
10. "Trousting" → "Trusting" (having faith).
11. "destract" → "distract" (divert attention).
12. "gosip" → "gossip" (rumor).
13. "vacum" → "vacuum" (cleaning device).
14. "pleed" → "plead" (beg).
15. "ooth" → "oath" (promise).
16. "apropriate" → "appropriate" (suitable).
17. "witheld" → "withheld" (held back).
18. "greatitude" → "gratitude" (thankfulness).
19. "quoet" → "quoted" (repeated words).
20. "unselfush" → "unselfish" (selfless).

Answer:

1. keen
2. document
3. thorough
4. villain
5. twilight
6. routine
7. accident
8. occasion
9. plot
10. Trusting
11. distract
12. gossip
13. vacuum
14. plead
15. oath
16. appropriate
17. withheld
18. gratitude
19. quoted
20. unselfish