Proofreading Practice

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• Because night fell.

• Jim ate the sandwich.

• On a tree-lined path.

• In our neck of the woods.

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• In the dead of night. The van pulled up.

• Chuck would not, give Jaime the seat.

• Over coffee and toast, Kelly told me about

  her new job.

• Lemonade. My favorite drink.

Which of the following sentences correctly

uses a conjunction?

• I cannot play in the game until I practice

  more.

• I hid in the basement my brother was mad

  at me.

• Victor erased the answering machine message Nora would not find out.

• She scored a goal won the game.

Which of the underlined words or phrases in the following sentence could be deleted without changing the meaning?

Various different companies offer incentive

plans to their employees.

• different

• incentive

• plans

• employees

Which of the underlined words in the following sentence is an unnecessary qualifier or intensifier?

Many experts consider the stained glass in

that church to be the very best.

• experts

• stained

• that

• very