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Language in manuscripts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We studied the height, weight, and BMI of all participants.

a)

There is an extra comma

b)

The sentence punctuation is right

c)

The conjunction use is wrong

d)

The final period/ full stop is not necessary

2.

Bring me the cups of sugar, jars of honey, and plates of spaghetti from the kitchen.

a)

Series comma cannot be used with phrases

b)

The sentence is correct

c)

Punctuation error

d)

Misplaced modifier

3.

I was feeling hungry so I made myself a sandwich.

a)

A comma is missing

b)

The sentence has the right punctuations

c)

The connecting word is wrong

d)

The modifier is misplaced

4.

My books that have black covers are new. What is the error in the sentence?

a)

Missing conjunction

b)

Missing modifier

c)

Missing comma

d)

No error

5.

My new books, which have black covers, are on the desk. What is the error in the sentence?

a)

Extra commas

b)

Missing commas

c)

Misplaced modifier

d)

No error

6.

Which of the following sentence is correct?

a)

The flowers are beautiful they brighten the room. 

b)

The flowers are beautiful, they brighten the room. 

c)

Both are correct

d)

Both are wrong

7.

After which of the following should you not add a full stop/ period?

a)

Titles, headings, and subheadings

b)

Incomplete sentences or lists

c)

After individual letters in acronyms

d)

All of the above

8.

The two species are closely related; however, AC is better adapted to cold weather. Is the usage of punctuations around the connector "however" correct?

a)

The semicolon is correctly placed

b)

The comma is right

c)

Both punctuations are correct

d)

Both punctuations are wrong

9.

I love bananas / apples / oranges with my breakfast. What is the error here?

a)

Wrong punctuation

b)

Unnecessary spaces before and after the solidus

c)

Wrong order of fruit names

d)

The sentence has no error

10.

Arrange the punctuations in the order of their size

a)

period, hyphen, en-dash, em-dash

b)

period, hyphen, em-dash, en-dash

c)

period, em-dash, hyphen, en-dash

d)

period, em-dash, en-dash, hyphen

11.

Strategy for developing speaking skills includes using minimal response, how to recognize scripts and using the rigt language.

a)

Missing comma

b)

Parallelism erros

c)

Both errors

d)

No error

12.

Finasteride inhibits the 5α-reductase activity in the central nervous system as well as peripheral.

a)

The sentence is perfect

b)

It is incomplete

c)

It has a punctuation error

d)

Misplaced modifier

13.

Our nanoparticles exhibited superior catalytic activity.

a)

Perfect sentence

b)

Incomplete sentence

c)

faulty comparison

d)

missing conjunction

14.

After injecting the anesthetic, the mice were ready for sacrifice.

a)

A regular no error sentence

b)

Dangling phrase

c)

Missing punctuation

d)

faulty comparison

15.

Which of the following sentences is wrong?

a)

The instructor just nodded to Elvis as she came in.

b)

The instructor nodded just to Elvis as she came in.

c)

The instructor nodded to Elvis just as she came in.

d)

All of them are right

16.

At the 2012 French Open, Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal won the women’s and men’s singles titles, respectively. Is the use of "respectively" correct in this sentence?

a)

Wrong placement

b)

Punctuation error

c)

Incomplete sentence

d)

No error

17.

The boy was bored throughout the entire play. What is the type of error?

a)

No error

b)

Redundancy

c)

Wrong verb usage

d)

Punctuation error

18.

George liked the color green; John, red. What is wrong with the sentence?

a)

Missing words

b)

Wrong punctuation

c)

Sentence structure error

d)

No error

19.

We discovered that this treatment was good in curing cancer. How can this be rewritten concisely?

a)

This treatment cures cancer (We et al., 2021)

b)

We showed that this treatment was better

c)

We presented a treatment that can cure cancer

d)

None of the above

20.

We gave the questionnaire to the persons through email. How can this sentence be made accurate and concise?

a)

The people took the questionnaire through email

b)

We gave the participants the questionnaire through email

c)

The questionnaire was administered through email to the participants

d)

We administered the questionnaire using email to all the interested persons