A Self-Editing Quiz

Since this is the last post for our June Topic of Self-Editing, I thought I’d throw in a little spelling quiz. One of the major editing problems besides grammar is spelling. Let’s see how well you do.

Directions: Choose which word is spelled correctly.

1.     a. Perserverance                      b. Perseverance

2.     a. Commitment                        b. Committment

3.     a. Label                                   b. Lable

4.     a. Afterwards                          b. Afterwords

5.     a .Costumer                            b. Customer

6.     a. Guard                                  b. Gaurd

7.     a. Grammar                             b. Grammer

8.     a. Next door                            b. Next store

9.     a. Protray                                b. Portray

10.  a. Summary                             b. Summery

11.  a. Vinegarette                           b. Vinaigrette

12.  a. Yurn                                    b. Yearn

13.  a. Abundance                          b. Abundence             

14.  a. Souvenire                            b. Souvenir

15.  a. Unnecessary                        b. Unneccessary

 

Answers:

1.b,2.a,3.a,4.a,5.b,6.a,7.a,8.a,9.b,10.a,11.b,12.b,13.a,14.b,15.a.

 

Join us tomorrow as we begin our new topic for July: Goals.

 

Contributed by Catherine L. Osornio