UK English Oxford Style Editing Skills MCQ Questions Answers

1. Which sentence requires editing to correct the errors in verb tense?

2. Choose the editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

3. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

4. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct voice, wordiness or redundancy?

5. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct a modifier usage error?

6. The following sentence is devoid of punctuation. Which editing option turns it into a coherent, plausible sentence?

7. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct errors in diction or spelling?

8. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

9. Read passage from a company report and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

10. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct errors in diction or spelling?

11. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

12. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

13. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

14. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct a comparison error?

15. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct general errors in grammar, usage or style?

16. Which sentence requires editing to correct an error in pronoun-antecedent agreement?

17. Identify the type of error contained in the underlined part.

18. Read the following stanza from a contemporary poem and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

19. Read the following sentence and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

20. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

21. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

22. Read sentence and identify the type of error it contains.

23. Read passage from the manuscript of a novel and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

24. Read sentence from a formal study and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

25. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct voice, wordiness or redundancy?

26. Read and identify the type of error contained in the underlined portion.

27. Which sentence requires editing to correct general errors in grammar, usage or style?

28. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

29. Which sentence requires editing to correct errors in punctuation?

30. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

31. The following sentence is devoid of punctuation. Which editing option turns it into a coherent, plausible sentence?

32. Which sentence requires editing to correct an error in subject-verb agreement?

33. Read and identify the type of error it contains.

34. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct errors in punctuation?

35. Read sentence from a journal article and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

36. Read sentence and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

37. Read the following sentence and identify the type of error it contains.

38. Which sentence requires editing to correct an error in the use of conjunctions?

39. Select option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

40. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

41. Which sentence requires editing to correct errors in diction or spelling?

42. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

43. Which sentence does NOT require editing to correct an error in subject-verb agreement?

44. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

45. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

46. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

47. Which sentence requires editing to correct an error in parallel structure?

48. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

49. Read and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

50. Read passage from a play script and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

51. Which sentence requires editing to correct a modifier usage error?

52. Select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

53. Read and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

54. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

55. Read passage and identify the type of error it contains.

56. Read passage and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

57. Select best option for an editor to take.

58. Select best option for an editor to take.

59. Select best option for an editor to take.

60. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

61. Read closing paragraph of an Internet-based business-to-consumer sales letter and select the option that illustrates the best course of action for an editor to take.

62. Select best option for an editor to take.

63. Editing option that corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

64. Select best option for an editor to take.

65. Select best option for an editor to take.

66. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

67. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

68. Select best option for an editor to take.

69. Select best option for an editor to take.

70. Select best option for an editor to take.

71. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

72. Select best option for an editor to take.

73. Select best option for an editor to take.

74. Select best option for an editor to take.

75. Select best option for an editor to take.

76. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

77. Select best option for an editor to take.

78. Editing option that best corrects the underlined part of the following sentence.

79. Select best option for an editor to take.