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Editing Language

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following terms are not editing language terms?

a)

Ambiguity

b)

Generalisations

c)

Redundancy

d)

Anthology

2.

A Paradox is when a situation is described that is very strange or impossible because of two opposing qualities. When two words are combined with an opposite meaning however it is called a .......

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Paradox

3.

Identify the language errors in the following passage:

Rachel is very smart, she began reading when she was three years old.

a)

Apostrophe mistake

b)

Separate the clauses into two sentences,

c)

Pronoun error

d)

No subject verb agreement

4.

Identify the language error:

Every girl must bring their own book.

a)

Pronoun disagreement

b)

Ending a sentence in a preposition

c)

Parenthesis

d)

Split infinitive

5.

Where do you use dashes?

a)

To separate appositives

b)

Introduce emphasis

c)

Introduce explanations

d)

Break up sentences

6.

When changing this:

I got up late this morning and I didn't have time for breakfast.

into this:

I got up late this morning, I didn't have time for breakfast.

We call it a.....

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Missing comprehension

7.

Hear and here are examples of.....?

a)

Homograph

b)

Homophone

8.

" Why did the blonde keep staring at the juice box? Cause it said CONCENTRATEd blend."

Blonde jokes are examples of generalizations.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Select an example of malapropism:

a)
b)
10.

"Walking down the street, the streetlights came on."

This is an example of....

a)

Dangling Participle

b)

Misrelated Participle

c)

None of the above

11.

An example of tautology is....

a)

ATM Machine

b)

Flying bird

c)

Breaking for lunch