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WorksheetsProfessional Communications Semester Quiz 3
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A ___________________is used at the end of an interrogative sentence.
a)
period
b)
quotation mark
c)
question mark
d)
exclamation mark
2.
__________ participle indicates action is in progress or ongoing.
a)
dangling
b)
gerund
c)
period
d)
present
3.
A gerund is a verb form used as a noun, formed by adding ______.
a)
–ed
b)
–ing
c)
–s
d)
–‘s
4.
__________ participle is a writing error in which a participle phrase modifies nothing or the wrong person or object.
a)
preposition
b)
silly
c)
dangling
d)
hanging
5.
____________ are used to enclose short, direct quotes and titles of some artistic or written works.
a)
parenthesis
b)
hashtags
c)
periods
d)
quotation marks
6.
When a word is divided at the end of a line of text, a ______ is used between parts of the word.
a)
Comma
b)
hyphen
c)
period
d)
tab
7.
A ______ is used to separate hours and minutes.
a)
Comma
b)
colon
c)
semi-colon
d)
period
8.
A ________ is used to separate two independent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
a)
Comma
b)
colon
c)
semi-colon
d)
period
9.
Abbreviations of days of the week are NOT capitalized .
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Capitalization is used for proper nouns, for some abbreviations, in personal and professional titles, and for parts of business letters.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
___________ introduces the topic first followed by descriptive details
a)
outline
b)
indirect approach
c)
direct approach
d)
scope
12.
_________ is the person or group to whom the message is directed.
a)
demographics
b)
indirect audience
c)
direct audience
d)
audience
13.
When Prewriting, you should use the __________ approach.
a)
journalistic
b)
authoristic
c)
mediastic
d)
cannibalistic
14.
The writing process is a set of sequential steps for each writing task: prewriting, writing, prepublishing and publishing.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The writing process uses the four Cs of communication, they are: clarity, conciseness, courtesy and correctness.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Mr. Villacci’s favorite movie series is _________.
a)
Home Alone
b)
Star Trek
c)
Star Wars
d)
Twilight
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