General UK English Oxford Style Editing Skills MCQs

1. Select best option for an editor to take.

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

3. Select best option for an editor to take.

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

5. Select best option for an editor to take.

6. Select best option for an editor to take.

7. Select best option for an editor to take.

8. Select best option for an editor to take.

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

10. Select best option for an editor to take.

11. Select best option for an editor to take.

12. Select best option for an editor to take.

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

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

15. Select best option for an editor to take.

16. Select best option for an editor to take.

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

18. Select best option for an editor to take.

19. 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.

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

21. Select best option for an editor to take.

22. Select best option for an editor to take.

23. Select best option for an editor to take.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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