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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following sentences would a spell checker mark as correct?
Clearly, his decisions are not nessessarily wrong.
Clearly, his decisions is not necessarily wrong.
clearly, his decisions are not necessarily wrong.
Clearly, his decisions are not necessarily wrong.
Spot the error. What is wrong with the sentence below?
It may have been more to consider internal candidates.
Comma missing
Word missing
Spelling mistake
Capital used incorrectly
Which of the following sentences is correct?
Select one:
It is advisable to keep your passport with you.
It is advisable to keep you’re passport with you.
Spot the error. What is wrong with the following sentence?
I have asked for an extension of my currant hours.
Select one:
Missing apostrophe
Spelling mistake
Comma missing
Word missing
Look at the piece of text below. How many errors can you spot?
At the point the post should have been re-advertised. however simon again acts unilateraly and overrules other member of the interview panel, by taking the short-term view that this will waste time and money.
5
4
6
7
Spot the error. What is wrong with the following sentence?
Simons lack of communication skills continue to cause difficulties for Fiona’s colleagues.
Word missing
Missing apostrophe
Spelling mistake
word wrong
The following sentence is correct – true or false?
He did not consider the impact of imposing a new superviser on people who had been doing the job a long time.
True
False
Spot the error. What is wrong with the following sentence?
John ran the marathon in a personnel best time of 4 hours and 10 minutes. This was an improvement of 25 minutes compared to his previous best time.
Missing apostrophe
wrong word
missing comma
Word missing
The sentence below is correct. True or False
Recruitment refers to the decisions made regarding the type of post required and how to attract potential employees to the organisation (Taylor).
True
False
Spot the error. What is wrong with the following sentence?
The barges were used of transporting coal along the canal. This continued until the end of the nineteenth century, when the railway was used instead.
Word missing
Word wrong
Missing apostrophe
Missing comma
An in-text citation looks like:
(Hafiz, 2019)
(Mohamed Khalaf Hafiz, 2019)
(Hafiz, M. A., 2019)
M. K. Hafiz (2019)
The reference list must be in alphabetical order
True
False
If there are four or more authors, use the following in the in-text citation:
Adam and others (2016)
Adam, Ali, Ahmed and Hassan (2016)
Adam et al. (2016)
Adam, Ali et al. (2016)
One of the importance of providing reference in your academic assignment is:
to show that your ideas are worthy
to distinguish your ideas from others'
to persuade the readers
If you don't cite your sources, you could be plagiarising someone's work.
TRUE
FALSE
What are the 2 components of Harvard referencing?
The name of the author and the date of publication.
In-text citations and a reference list.
The publisher's name and address.
The page number and the author's name.
Where would one indicate the date when using a direct quote?
at the beginning of the sentence.
directly after the surname of the author, in brackets.
directly after the surname of the author, not in brackets.
When would you not need to use an in text citation?
When you are quoting someone
When you are rewriting someone else's words into your own words
When you are writing about your own opinion or prior knowledge
A reference list must be in the following order:
Alphabetically
Numerically
The order in which you referred to each source in your essay/task.
How confident are you about referencing properly?
Very
I think I understand how to do it
I'm not sure
Absolutely no idea how to do it
