Test your basic knowledge |

Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Plural form of a standard






2. Verb to stop the flow of something






3. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition






4. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order






5. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger






6. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






7. Takes a singular verb






8. Physical distance






9. When referring to a man who has attended a school






10. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group






11. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals






12. Plural form of problem or turning point






13. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.






14. To stand still






15. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






16. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose






17. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)






18. Means in an exact sense






19. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location






20. Do not use the term teenaged






21. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






22. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person






23. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.






24. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck






25. When referring to a woman who has attended a school






26. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.






27. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage






28. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of






29. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause






30. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


31. Completeness of process of supplementing something






32. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement






33. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set






34. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late






35. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about






36. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations






37. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc






38. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.






39. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force






40. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding






41. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement






42. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.






43. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.






44. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.






45. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






46. A person who gives advice - never advisor






47. Means to make sure or give confidence






48. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






49. For hanging not referring to a person's death






50. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests