diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index f9b32acc..0d880133 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ to make real programs that work!
 
 ### Show LEDs
 
-Use the blocks below to draw something.  You can draw another smiley
-face, or try something else.
+Draw something in the editor with this block.  You can draw another
+smiley face, or try something else.
 
 ```shuffle
 basic.showLeds(`
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ To move your program from your computer to the BBC micro:bit:
 * Drag and drop the new file whose name ends in **.hex** into the **MICROBIT** window.
 * Wait until the yellow light stops blinking!
 
-### Show Animation Forever
+### Show animation forever
 
-Show one image after another by snapping blocks together to create an
+Show one picture after another by snapping blocks together to create an
 animation (like a cartoon)!
 
 ```blocks
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Make an animation that never stops with the ``forever`` block.
 
 Unscramble these blocks in the editor to make an animation that first
 shows a happy face, then an unhappy face, then a happy face, and never
-stops.  You can also change the pictures to make your own animation.
+stops.  
 
 ```shuffle
 basic.forever(() => {
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ basic.forever(() => {
 });
 ```
 
-### Your turn now!
+### Your turn!
 
+You can also change the pictures to make your own animation.
 Make your own awesome animation with the ``show leds`` and ``forever``
 blocks.
 
@@ -94,12 +95,8 @@ You can make your animation longer if you use more than two pictures.
 
 ### Button A and B
 
-In the editor, unscramble the blocks below so that the micro:bit shows
-**YES** when you press button `A` and **NO** when when you press
-button `B`.  All of the blocks under `on button A pressed` or `on
-button B pressed` should run when you press that button. For example,
-this program will show the word `banana` on the LED screen when you
-press `B`.
+This program will show the word `banana` on the LED
+screen when you press button `B`.
 
 ```blocks
 input.onButtonPressed(Button.B, () => {
@@ -107,7 +104,10 @@ input.onButtonPressed(Button.B, () => {
 });
 ```
 
-Now try to unscramble these blocks in the editor:
+Now try to unscramble these blocks in the editor so that the micro:bit
+shows **YES** when you press button `A` and **NO** when when you press
+button `B`.  All of the blocks under `on button A pressed` or `on
+button B pressed` should run when you press that button.
 
 ```shuffle
 input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, () => {
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ input.onButtonPressed(Button.B, () => {
 
 ### Shake
 
-You can find when someone is shaking the BBC micro:bit with the
+You can find when someone is shaking the BBC micro:bit by checking its
 **accelerometer** (it finds whether the micro:bit is speeding up or
 slowing down).
 
-Unscramble these blocks in the editor to show a frownie
-when someone shakes the micro:bit.
+Unscramble these blocks in the editor to show a frownie when someone
+shakes the micro:bit.
 
 ```shuffle
 input.onGesture(Gesture.Shake, () => {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ You can also find when someone is tilting the micro:bit left or right,
 face up or face down, and logo up or logo down (the logo is the yellow
 oval picture at the top of the board).
 
-Try to build a Rock Paper Scissors game where you turn the micro:bit
+Try to build a Rock Paper Scissors game where you tilt the micro:bit
 left to show paper, right to show scissors, and down to show rock.
 
 Unscramble these blocks in the editor and try this program on the
@@ -179,11 +179,9 @@ input.onGesture(Gesture.TiltRight, () => {
 
 ### Pins
 
-You can also use the pins as buttons.
-(The pins are the holes in the big metal bar at the bottom
-of the board.)
-
-Hold the ``GND`` button with one hand and touch the ``0`` pin (called
+You can also use the pins as buttons.  (The pins are the holes in the
+metal bar at the bottom of the micro:bit board.)  For example, hold
+the ``GND`` button with one hand and touch the ``0`` pin (called
 ``P0``) with your other hand to tell the micro:bit you're pressing it.
 
 Unscramble the blocks in the editor to show a smiley when you press
@@ -200,7 +198,7 @@ input.onPinPressed(TouchPin.P0, () => {
 });
 ```
 
-### Your turn now!
+### Your turn!
 
 Use the screen, buttons, gestures, and pins to make your own fun game
 with the BBC micro:bit!