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WorksheetsEditing Language
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which of the following terms are not editing language terms?
Ambiguity
Generalisations
Redundancy
Anthology
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 .......
Oxymoron
Paradox
Identify the language errors in the following passage:
Rachel is very smart, she began reading when she was three years old.
Apostrophe mistake
Separate the clauses into two sentences,
Pronoun error
No subject verb agreement
Identify the language error:
Every girl must bring their own book.
Pronoun disagreement
Ending a sentence in a preposition
Parenthesis
Split infinitive
Where do you use dashes?
To separate appositives
Introduce emphasis
Introduce explanations
Break up sentences
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.....
Comma Splice
Missing comprehension
Hear and here are examples of.....?
Homograph
Homophone
" Why did the blonde keep staring at the juice box? Cause it said CONCENTRATEd blend."
Blonde jokes are examples of generalizations.
True
False
Select an example of malapropism:
"Walking down the street, the streetlights came on."
This is an example of....
Dangling Participle
Misrelated Participle
None of the above
An example of tautology is....
ATM Machine
Flying bird
Breaking for lunch
