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- 1. Multiple Choice
How is the title of a BOOK written?
"The Outsiders"
The Outsiders
'The Outsiders"
The Outsiders
- 2. Multiple Choice
How is the title of a FILM written?
Transformers
TRANSFORMERS
transformers
Transformers
- 3. Multiple Choice
How is a POEM written?
Nothing Gold Can Stay
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay
- 4. Multiple Choice
How should this name be abbreviated?: Mr. John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt
Mr. JJJ Schmidt
Mr. J. Jacob J-S
Mr. J. J. Jingleheimer-Schmidt
JJJS
- 5. Multiple Choice
Where should the comma go in this sentence:
However I don't think we should go.
After HOWEVER
After THINK
After SHOULD
After DON'T
- 6. Multiple Choice
Where should the comma go in this sentence?:
Yes we should go before it starts to rain.
After SHOULD
After YES
After STARTS
After BEFORE
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the second comma in a list called?
A Cambridge comma
A Harvard comma
An Oxford comma
A Princeton comma
- 8. Multiple Choice
Look at the underlined word. Which sentence is written INCORRECTLY?:
Those musician's instruments were made from oil drums.
These instruments' tones are bright and resonany.
Steel drum music is an invention of Trinidad's people.
This island's Carnival celebrations feature the calypso music of steel drum orchestras.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Read each sentence. Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?
Rising sea levels--a result of global warming--threaten low-lying islands.
Island nations in the southwest Pacific (Vanuatu is one)are losing land to sea.
Many of these nations’ islands are very small to-begin-with.
If sea levels rise even another foot (a likely possibility, according to some scientists), some well-populated islands will become uninhabitable.
- 10. Multiple Choice
“Haiti shares an island with the Dominican Republic doesn’t it?” asked Sal. Where should a comma be placed in this sentence?
After Haiti
After island
After Republic
After the question mark
- 11. Multiple Choice
The Shetlands are famous for two distinctive items their woolen sweaters and their ponies.
Where should a colon be placed in this sentence?
After islands
After famous
After items
After sweaters
- 12. Multiple Choice
Read this friendly letter.
1168 West Wind Ct.
Honolulu, HI 96820
April 3, 2018
Bradley, I can’t wait to visit you, Melanie, Uncle Paul, and Aunt Iris! The Hawaiian Islands are great, but I’m ready for some time in the desert with you. Keep things nice and warm until I get there!
Your cousin,
Walter
Which part of the letter is missing?
Heading
Greeting
Closing
Signature
- 13. Multiple Choice
Reindeer island is an island in Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, a Province of Canada.
Which term should not be capitalized?
Reindeer Island
Manitoba
Province
Canada
- 14. Multiple Choice
Read each sentence. Look at the underlined word. Which sentence is written incorrectly?
Norway’s hikers flock to the Lofoten Islands in summer.
These rocky islands’ trails are challenging, but views from the trails are breathtaking.
Several postcard’s photos show hikers hopping from rock to rock.
A hiker’s boots must provide traction on the rigged rocks.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of these words DOESN'T need to be capitalized?
McDonald's
Maine
Manta Ray
Mariah Carey
- 16. Multiple Choice
Read this friendly letter.
Dear Valerie,
I am trying to memorize the names of 1,000 islands this summer. Since I managed to memorize the names of 1,000 rivers last summer, I don’t think it will be that big of a challenge. What are your summer plans?
Your pal,
Edie
Which part of the letter is missing?
heading
greeting
closing
signature
- 17. Multiple Choice
Fish from lake winnipeg are marketed by the freshwater fish marketing corporation.
lake, winnipeg
freshwater, fish, marketing, corporation
marketing, corporation
lake, winnipeg, freshwater, fish, marketing, corporation
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following IS NOT a pronoun:
I
Him
Your
And
- 19. Multiple Choice
How many capitalization are missing in the following sentence?:
when billy and johnny show up we should go to narrow gauge cinema to see the movie.
5
6
3
7
- 20. Multiple Choice
Our neighbor, General David Julio Estaris, is obsessed with that island.
How should the boldfaced name be written in initial and abbreviations?
Gen. DJ Estaris
Gen. D.J. Estaris
Gen D J Estaris
Gen D. J. Estaris
- 21. Multiple Choice
Read each sentence. Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?
Singapore--a separate nation since 1965--is very prosperous.
Its only natural resource is fish (a resource that every nation with a coastline has).
Its land area is only 267 square miles (693 sq km).
It has gained prosperity (primarily because of the skills, talents, and education of its residents).
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