Measure of Academic Progress

Composing and Writing Process—Use Editing and Proofreading Processes—RIT 201-210

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• 1. I read “Box Step” in Frederick Barthclure’s short story collection, Moon Deluxe.

• 2. I read the sports section in the “New York Times”.

• 3. Did you read “Elevator Man” in the “New Yorker”?

• 4. Did you see the article Hurricane in Time Magazine?

My friend who is a N.Y Yankees fan has tickets to the season’s opening game.

After which word or words should you place a comma?

• 1. fan,

• 2. tickets,

• 3. friend, fan,

• 4. who, fan,

Which indicates the speaker is excited?

• 1. Sure, I can do that.

• 2. Sure, I can do that!

• 3. Sure, I can do that?

• 4. I can do that.

Which word is spelled correctly?

• 1. mispell

• 2. extrardinary

• 3. critisize

• 4. recommend

Today, we went out and danced wildly in the hall.

Which word tells “how”?

• 1. today

• 2. went

• 3. out

• 4. wildly

While I was walking in the alley, ________________________________.

Which phrase will make this fragment a complete sentence?

• 1. with my hands in my pockets.

• 2. giggling to myself.

• 3. a black cat crossed my path.

• 4. on the way to the library.

Several _________ of apples ________ at the market.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.

• 1. cases, were sold

• 2. case, was sold

• 3. cases, were saled

• 4. case, were selled

Kids throwing rocks ________ all the windows in that shack.

Choose the correct verb.

• 1. has broken

• 2. have broke

• 3. have broken

• 4. has breaked

Which of the following is correctly capitalized?

• 1. Spanish-american War

• 2. gulf War

• 3. Civil War

• 4. Revolutionary war

Allen has ______ homework than Amy, but Kathy has the _______ homework of all three.

Choose the best word pair to complete this sentence.

• 1. least, less

• 2. less, lest

• 3. lesser, least

• 4. less, least