Question 1

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Semi-precious stones inlaid into the marble sparkles in the moonlight; the whole structure is reflected in the glassy surface of a long, rectangular pool.

Accepted Answer

A)   sparkles
B)   moonlight; the
C)   long, rectangular A

Question 2

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. As a boy, Jones would go to the Public Library just to get warm next to the radiators.

Accepted Answer

A)   boy,
B)   would go
C)   Public Library C

Question 3

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. In 1992, he published a collection of stories called Lost in the City , which won the PEN/Hemingway Award. A major literary prize.

Accepted Answer

A)   Lost in the City
B)   which
C)   Award. A C

Question 4

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Three hundred and fifty years ago , Shah Jahan was one of a series of Muslim emperors.  Who ruled India from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

Accepted Answer

A)   Three hundred and fifty years ago
B)   was
C)   emperors. Who

Question 5

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. One example is Hats by Bunn in Harlem , offering custom-made men's and lady's  hats for all seasons.

Accepted Answer

A)   Hats by Bunn in Harlem
B)   men's and lady's
C)   for all seasons

Question 6

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Graceful arches curved domes, and exquisite carvings add to the romantic style.

Accepted Answer

A)   arches curved
B)   domes, and
C)   add

Question 7

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. He want to write about a forgotten aspect of history, the fact that some pre-Civil War blacks actually owned black slaves.

Accepted Answer

A)   want
B)   forgotten
C)   War

Question 8

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Although hatter Mr. Bunn could make much more money operating on a larger scale,  he chooses to do all the work hisself.

Accepted Answer

A)   Although hatter Mr. Bunn
B)   much more money
C)   all the work hisself

Question 9

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Unlike material objects, experiences tend to bring us closer to other people, not  separate us, leaving us with good feelings and memorys .

Accepted Answer

A)   Unlike material objects,
B)   tend to bring us closer
C)   feelings and memorys.

Question 10

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Since then , the Taj Mahal has drawn lovers of beauty and romance from all in the globe.

Accepted Answer

A)   then
B)   drawn
C)   in

Question 11

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Constructed of white marble and crowned by a majestic, onion-shaped dome. The building is flanked by four smaller, symmetrical towers.

Accepted Answer

A)   dome. The
B)   is flanked
C)   smaller, symmetrical

Question 12

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. When he was finally ready to write in 2001; he sat down at a loaned computer and finished the entire manuscript of The Known World in just seven months.

Accepted Answer

A)   finally
B)   2001; he
C)   finished

Question 13

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. We can just climb a hill in springtime, go ice skating with friends learn to bake  bread, or get fit for the first time ever .

Accepted Answer

A)   can just climb
B)   with friends learn to bake  bread
C)   the first time ever

Question 14

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Jones believes that while he was born poor , "in a certain sense you do what you  were born to do. And maybe, maybe , I was born to writ e .

Accepted Answer

A)   Jones believes
B)   poor, "in
C)   I was born to write.

Question 15

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. New York City is home to many old-fashioned merchants who believes in fine  craftsmanship and customer service .

Accepted Answer

A)   is home
B)   merchants who believes
C)   craftsmanship and customer service

Question 16

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. When the tomb was finally complete in 1653, Shah Jahan placed the coffin containing his queen in it's exact center.

Accepted Answer

A)   1653, Shah
B)   placed
C)   it's

Question 17

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. The family moved 18 times in 18 year's .

Accepted Answer

A)   moved
B)   in
C)   year's

Question 18

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. The Taj Mahal is one of India's greatest treasures and one of the world's most beautiful masterpiece's of architecture.

Accepted Answer

A)   India's
B)   world's
C)   masterpiece's

Question 19

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Furthermore, he likes to work alone his care and pride in each hat makes the work feel like a  craft instead of a nine-to-five job.

Accepted Answer

A)   Furthermore, he likes
B)   alone his care and pride
C)   makes the work

Question 20

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Mr. Bunns fashionable customers can choose from a dazzling variety of fabrics and styles.

Accepted Answer

A)   Mr. Bunns
B)   can choose from
C)   variety of fabrics and styles.

Exam 34: Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Semi-precious stones inlaid into the marble sparkles in the moonlight; the whole structure is reflected in the glassy surface of a long, rectangular pool.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. As a boy, Jones would go to the Public Library just to get warm next to the radiators.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. In 1992, he published a collection of stories called Lost in the City , which won the PEN/Hemingway Award. A major literary prize.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Three hundred and fifty years ago , Shah Jahan was one of a series of Muslim emperors. Who ruled India from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. One example is Hats by Bunn in Harlem , offering custom-made men's and lady's hats for all seasons.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Graceful arches curved domes, and exquisite carvings add to the romantic style.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. He want to write about a forgotten aspect of history, the fact that some pre-Civil War blacks actually owned black slaves.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Although hatter Mr. Bunn could make much more money operating on a larger scale, he chooses to do all the work hisself.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Unlike material objects, experiences tend to bring us closer to other people, not separate us, leaving us with good feelings and memorys .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Since then , the Taj Mahal has drawn lovers of beauty and romance from all in the globe.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Constructed of white marble and crowned by a majestic, onion-shaped dome. The building is flanked by four smaller, symmetrical towers.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. When he was finally ready to write in 2001; he sat down at a loaned computer and finished the entire manuscript of The Known World in just seven months.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. We can just climb a hill in springtime, go ice skating with friends learn to bake bread, or get fit for the first time ever .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Jones believes that while he was born poor , "in a certain sense you do what you were born to do. And maybe, maybe , I was born to writ e .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. New York City is home to many old-fashioned merchants who believes in fine craftsmanship and customer service .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. When the tomb was finally complete in 1653, Shah Jahan placed the coffin containing his queen in it's exact center.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. The family moved 18 times in 18 year's .

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. The Taj Mahal is one of India's greatest treasures and one of the world's most beautiful masterpiece's of architecture.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Furthermore, he likes to work alone his care and pride in each hat makes the work feel like a craft instead of a nine-to-five job.

For each item, select the underlined part that contains an error. Mr. Bunns fashionable customers can choose from a dazzling variety of fabrics and styles.