1984 : Reading Writing Grammar Class

These are the first two sentences of George Orwell's novel 1984:

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.

The next paragraph, without punctuation, is here. Try to add the missing punctuation.

The third paragraph, this time without grammar, is here. A nice simple grammar exercise with any text is to try to add the missing grammar (articles, prepositions, and verb forms).

You can check your work against the original text. The opening of the novel can be found here. If you're brave enough to read more, the entire novel can be found on this site. There are also audio files for you to listen to here.