Can You Ace This Basic Proofreading Quiz?

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* 1. What type of error do you recognize in the following sentence?

Do you think she added the following to her shopping list for cleaning supplies: a duster, a vacumm, a broom?

Incorrect punctuation usage

There is an article missing

There is a misspelled word

Incorrect preposition usage

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* 2. What error do you recognize in the following sentence?

She traveled toward the eastern seaboard in a Winnebago as the storm gathered in the north near Maine.

“eastern seaboard” should be capitalized

“toward” should be “towards”

“North” should be capitalized

“near Maine” should be “by Maine”

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* 3. O’Malley exclaimed, “I want to swim to!” And then he belly-flopped into the pool with the children.

How many errors are there in the sentence above?

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* 4. When preparing to long term treks across the dessert in Australia, you mustn’t forget the essentials if you want to stay alive.

How many errors are there in the sentence above?

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* 5. What errors do you recognize in the following sentence?

There is a great restaurant on Main street that your going to love, it’s salmon fillet is always very fresh and tasty.

“,” should be replaced with “;”

“street” should be capitalized

“your” should be spelled “you’re”

“it’s” should be “its”

All of the suggestions above are correct

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* 6. What errors do you recognize in the following sentence?

Her color-coded filing system was very advanced, as she had been discreetly developing it for weeks.

“discreetly” should be spelled “discretely”

“color-coded” should not be hyphenated

Neither option a nor b is correct

Both options a and b are correct

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* 7. What type of punctuation error do you recognize in the following sentence?

Johns motorcycle was brought to the shop around the corner after its exhaust pipe was bent.

There is an apostrophe missing

There is a hyphen missing

There is a comma missing

There is a semicolon missing

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* 8. Jeanie Kirkland knew she had to assure her patient, whose name was Gregg, that he was healing well and on the road to recovery.

How many errors are there in the sentence above?

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* 9. How many spelling errors do you recognize in the following sentence?

Tom’s neice spilled chocolate ice cream on her beige sweater while she was walking around the neighborhood park.

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* 10. Were more millennials born in the 1980’s or in the 1990’s, or were most of them born after 2000?

How many errors are there in the sentence above?

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* 1. What type of error do you recognize in the following sentence? Do you think she added the following to her shopping list for cleaning supplies: a duster, a vacumm, a broom?

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* 2. What error do you recognize in the following sentence? She traveled toward the eastern seaboard in a Winnebago as the storm gathered in the north near Maine.

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* 3. O’Malley exclaimed, “I want to swim to!” And then he belly-flopped into the pool with the children. How many errors are there in the sentence above?

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* 4. When preparing to long term treks across the dessert in Australia, you mustn’t forget the essentials if you want to stay alive. How many errors are there in the sentence above?

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* 5. What errors do you recognize in the following sentence? There is a great restaurant on Main street that your going to love, it’s salmon fillet is always very fresh and tasty.

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* 6. What errors do you recognize in the following sentence? Her color-coded filing system was very advanced, as she had been discreetly developing it for weeks.

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* 7. What type of punctuation error do you recognize in the following sentence? Johns motorcycle was brought to the shop around the corner after its exhaust pipe was bent.

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* 8. Jeanie Kirkland knew she had to assure her patient, whose name was Gregg, that he was healing well and on the road to recovery. How many errors are there in the sentence above?

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* 9. How many spelling errors do you recognize in the following sentence? Tom’s neice spilled chocolate ice cream on her beige sweater while she was walking around the neighborhood park.

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* 10. Were more millennials born in the 1980’s or in the 1990’s, or were most of them born after 2000? How many errors are there in the sentence above?

* 1. What type of error do you recognize in the following sentence?

Do you think she added the following to her shopping list for cleaning supplies: a duster, a vacumm, a broom?

* 2. What error do you recognize in the following sentence?

She traveled toward the eastern seaboard in a Winnebago as the storm gathered in the north near Maine.

* 3. O’Malley exclaimed, “I want to swim to!” And then he belly-flopped into the pool with the children.

How many errors are there in the sentence above?

* 4. When preparing to long term treks across the dessert in Australia, you mustn’t forget the essentials if you want to stay alive.

How many errors are there in the sentence above?

* 5. What errors do you recognize in the following sentence?

There is a great restaurant on Main street that your going to love, it’s salmon fillet is always very fresh and tasty.

* 6. What errors do you recognize in the following sentence?

Her color-coded filing system was very advanced, as she had been discreetly developing it for weeks.

* 7. What type of punctuation error do you recognize in the following sentence?

Johns motorcycle was brought to the shop around the corner after its exhaust pipe was bent.

* 8. Jeanie Kirkland knew she had to assure her patient, whose name was Gregg, that he was healing well and on the road to recovery.

How many errors are there in the sentence above?

* 9. How many spelling errors do you recognize in the following sentence?

Tom’s neice spilled chocolate ice cream on her beige sweater while she was walking around the neighborhood park.

* 10. Were more millennials born in the 1980’s or in the 1990’s, or were most of them born after 2000?

How many errors are there in the sentence above?