Proofreading and Vocab Quiz

Match the proofreading mark with the statement that needs that correction.

• I have a Gold Balloon.

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• She lives in atlanta, georgia.​

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• I like eat to pizza.

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• I knew that that you would come.

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• Leave me alone, I said.

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Match the proofreading mark with the statement that needs that correction.

• “Hello,” I said.“Goodbye,” she replied.

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• Give me a highfive.

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• Where is my back pack?

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• Author Jerry Spinelli was born in 1941

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• Jerry wrote about a foottball victory.

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Which correction needs to be made for the following sentence:

The poem was published in a Local newspaper.

• Capitalization Error

• Spelling Error

• Missing punctuation

• Missing quotation marks

Which correction needs to be made for the following sentence:

It was then that Jerry decided he wanted become a professional writer.

• Missing a word

• Spelling Error

• Capitalization Error

• Missing punctuation

Which correction needs to be made for the following sentence:

Would you be surprised to know that Jerry Spinelli’s first four books didn’t get published

• Missing question mark

• Missing quotation marks

• Capitalization Error

• Needs a space

Which correction needs to be made for the following sentence:

His fifthbook was about a thirteen-year-old boy.

• Missing a space

• Has an unnecessary space

• Capitalization Error

• Spelling Error

Which correction needs to be made for the following sentence:

Spinelli is now a an award-winning author.

• Extra Word- delete it

• Missing a word

• Has an unnecessary space

• Needs a space

Which correction needs to be made for the following sentence:

By the start of the fourth corter we were ahead, 78 to 29.

• Spelling Error

• Capitalization Error

• Needs a semicolon

• Needs a comma

Which correction needs to be made for the following sentence:

We were sitting side by side by, facing the mountains.

• Delete an unnecessary word

• Add a word

• Needs a space

• Has a space it does not need

Select the sentence with correct punctuation and capitalization.

• On July 4th, we celebrate Independence Day in the United States.

• On july 4th, we celebrate independence day in the United States.

• On July 4th we celebrate Independence Day in the united states.

• On July 4th, we celebrate independence day in the United states.