General Editing/Copy Editing MCQs

1. Which sentence uses "their," "there," or "they're" correctly?

2. Which of the following sentences is grammatically INCORRECT?

3. Identify the sentence written in active voice.

4. Which sentence has the right spelling?

5. In grade school you were disciplined by the _____.

6. What is the name for two words with opposite meanings?

7. Which sentence uses "they're," "their," and "there" correctly?

8. Which sentence is properly capitalized?

9. Which sentence uses "too" correctly?

10. Britney Spears is going to keep on dancing...

11. What is an artist's board used for mixing paints called?

12. Choose the correct preposition in each sentence. I slept ___________________ only two hours last night.

13. Choose the correct phrase.

14. Which one of the following is grammatically correct?

15. Choose the right conjunctive adverb for the sentence. Hurry up; ________, you will be late for the train.

16. It was my first trip ______ Hawaii.

17. Which sentence uses "you're" and "your" properly?

18. Vincent Crabbe is using ___ sleeping bag this weekend.

19. Choose the correct preposition in each sentence. Spencer is one ______ my best friends.

20. When you are unsure of the spelling of a word, what should be your next course of action?

21. Which answer correctly completes the sentence? The equipment ___ delivered tomorrow afternoon.

22. Which sentence uses "to", "too," and "two" correctly?

23. Which sentence shows the correct use of "to," "two," and "too"?

24. Choose a correct preposition to complete the sentence: I want to lose five kilograms _____________ one month.

25. Where is everyone going?

26. Which sentence uses "to," "too," or "two" correctly?

27. Which sentence uses "they're", "their", or "there" correctly?

28. Choose the correct capitalization.

29. Which of these sentences uses "except" correctly?

30. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank: The 2000 Census showed that married couples _____ half of the 2 million households in the state.

31. Your actions have _______ me greatly.

32. Which sentence features the correct spelling for a particular cooking utensil?

33. Choose the sentence with correct capitalization.

34. Which choice answers this question grammatically: What will you be doing at 8 p.m. tomorrow?

35. You do like going to the party alone. _____ you?

36. Which is INCORRECT?

37. Which sentence is both imperative and exclamatory?

38. In proofreading and editing, what is a "query"?

39. Which of the following words uses the British English spelling?

40. Which commonly misspelled word is spelled incorrectly?

41. Which of the following titles is spelled correctly?

42. Which of the following sentences does not contain any errors?

43. Which word is incorrect? If your pants are to loose you might lose your pants.

44. What happened in the race?

45. What do you call this punctuation mark: "..."?

46. ___ disagree on the facts.

47. Choose the correct spelling.

48. Which sentence demonstrates the proper use of "affect" or "effect"?

49. Fill in the blank using an appropriate auxiliary verb: I ____________ leave now. It is too late.

50. What is the Oxford comma?

51. choose the correctly spelled word

52. Choose the correct sentence:

53. Which is the correct use of "its" and "it's"?

54. According to conservative usage rules, which of the following sentences might be considered INCORRECT?

55. Which answer choice uses "for," "four," or "fore" correctly?

56. Which of the following is the correct use of "complemented"?

57. Which punctuation mark is most often used to create a compound word, such as "mother-in-law"?

58. Fill in the blank: On the ___ day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, twelve drummers drumming.

59. Which of the following is spelled correctly?

60. When presenting a dish or work of art, many Americans use a foreign word to be dramatic. What is the correct spelling?

61. Pick the correct sentence?

62. Which of these words is spelled INCORRECTLY?

63. Which editing mark signifies you are inserting a word?

64. choose the correct spelling

65. Which of the following is not spelled correctly?

66. Which sentence demonstrates correct apostrophe use?

67. The company will upgrade ______ computer systems next week.

68. True or false? There is a mispelled word in this sentence.

69. What is the meaning of the editing term "stet"?

70. Which of these tasks is most likely to be assigned to a copyeditor?

71. Which of the following does NOT generally fall under the responsibilities of a copyeditor?

72. Shakespeare was boring to her. She was completely ________ in the professor's lecture.

73. Which answer choice lists these commonly confused punctuation marks from shortest to longest?

74. Which sentence is INCORRECT?

75. Shakespeare writes, "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments." The phrase "to the marriage of two minds" is:

76. "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments" is what kind of sentence?

77. According to conservative usage rules, which is more correct for the sign over the express checkout lane?

78. What is the term for headings (giving the chapter title, author, or other information) at the top of book pages?

79. Which is the term for a section at the front of a book?

80. Which would you expect to find in the back matter of a book?

81. What is the traditional proofreading notation to indicate that the spacing between words or lines should be made equal?

82. In which sentence would it be more correct to spell out the numerals in words?

83. What does the "fair use" doctrine refer to?

84. Which of the following Latin abbreviations has an extraneous period?

85. Which sentence has a capitalization error?

86. What is the correct abbreviation for the SI unit of length (the meter)?

87. Which is the correct word to describe a winding path?

88. Who would most likely be accurately referred to as "Latino," but not "Hispanic"?

89. What is the traditional proofreading mark for adding smallcaps?

90. When should a number be spelled out in words instead of written as numerals?

91. Which answer choice is correctly hyphenated?

92. Which sentence contains a foreign word that would usually be italicized?

93. Which title is properly capitalized using headline style?

94. Which sentence would be least likely to raise concerns of gender bias?

95. Which term is generally used for introductory material written by someone other than the author of the main text?

96. Which would normally be set in quotation marks?

97. Which would generally be set in italics?

98. What is the traditional proofreading notation to indicate that an incorrect typeface has been used?

99. What type of error does this sentence have? "They walked along the Rio Grande River."

100. Which means "to deny under oath"?

101. Which spelled-out number is NOT hyphenated correctly?

102. Which is the term for the page on the left side in an open book?

103. Which work is likely not to be in the public domain in the United States?

104. What is the traditional proofreading mark for adding italics?

105. What does the Latin abbreviation "ibid.", found in bibliographies, mean?

106. Traditionally, how does a proofreader indicate that words or instructions written on a proof SHOULD NOT literally be set into type?

107. What is the distinction in usage between "toward" and "towards"?

108. Which uses the homophone correctly?