Upwork Online Article Writing and Blogging Test U. S. Version 2016.

1. What is a “metablog”?

Answers:
a. A highly personal, if not confessional, blog
b. A blog about metal
c. A blog devoted to explaining “metas”
d. A blog about blogging

2. There’s little need to copy text before trying to publish it to the web because you rarely lose the text at the time of publication.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

3. At what point does a work – whether an online blog or in print – come under copyright?

Answers:
a. As soon as it is published
b. As soon as the author registers the copyright
c. As soon as the author writes “Copyright”and his/her name and date next to it
d. As soon as it is created

4. Fooling the search engines with link farms, keyword stuffing, cloaking or alt text spamming is not a good idea because _____________________.

Answers:
a. it is an offense in most countries
b. the search engines may restrict your site or future listings, or ban you altogether
c. it could reduce the traffic to your blog
d. All of the above

5. What are “FAQs”?

Answers:
a. First Asked Queries
b. First Answered Questions
c. Fast Attitude Queries
d. Frequently Asked Questions
e. All of the above

6. What is “podcasting”?

Answers:
a. Making the entire blog available in a single downloadable file
b. Redirecting traffic through a portal hidden on the blog called a “pod”
c. Distribution of audio and other media files for download to digital music or multimedia players such as iPods
d. Mass e-mailing for marketing purposes to promote several blogs at the same time

7. What are “blooks”?

Answers:
a. Books that are written by bloggers and generally grow out of their blogs
b. People who like to blog
c. People who promote their blogs on the inside pages of a book
d. All of the above

8. What is ‘placing of keywords in the important parts of a webpage so that search engines may give them priority’ called?

Answers:
a. Keyword prominence
b. Optimization guesswork
c. Partial selection
d. Keyword density

9. Why is it damaging to have disfunctioning or non-functioning(dead)links on your website?

Answers:
a. You cannot prevent people from reaching the destination without doing so
b. It could damage your brand reputation; people do not want to see a “page not found” result
c. A person is less likely to return to your site as a repeat visitor if the links do not work
d. b and c

10. What do we mean when we say an author’s copyright is within “the public domain”?

Answers:
a. We mean it is floated on the stock exchange
b. We mean it is freely available for all, can be copied, reproduced and re-published
c. We mean it is temporarily available for a period of 1-5 years
d. We mean it is part of the author’s estate for 70 years after his or her death

11. What is a “feed aggregator” or “feed reader”?

Answers:
a. An online bug or virus that “feeds” on your blog and destroys content
b. A Web application which collects web content such as news, blogs, podcasts and vlogs for easy viewing in a single location
c. A Web application that links your blog to other blogs for which you always pay a fee
d. A third generation blogger who is addicted to blogging
e. None of the above

12. In sourcing information, you may use materials not subject to copyright such as names, common symbols, lists of ingredients, short phrases, slogans, slang, titles etc.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

13. Which of the following is/are good way(s) of promoting your business or website and thereby selling your products online?

Answers:
a. Writing reviews on other sites with a link back to your site
b. Getting involved in social bookmarking, especially group social bookmarking
c. Posting on forums around the internet with reference to your product or brand
d. All of the above

14. What will happen if you type the words sport -basketball in the Google search box?

Answers:
a. Google will find all the web pages containing the words “sport” and “basketball”
b. Google will find the web pages about “sport” and also those containing the word “basketball”
c. Google will find the web pages about “sport” that do not contain the word “basketball”
d. Google will find all the web pages in which the words “sport” and “basketball” appear together
e. None of the above

15. What is “fair use” in terms of using someone else’s copyrighted material online?

Answers:
a. A system where copyright is exchanged between the original owner and the blogger who co-opts it
b. A term used by the prosecutor to convict a blogger who repeatedly infringes his/her copyright
c. A defense argument that an individual who is sued for copyright infringement can use, namely that the use of the material was in public interest
d. None of the above

16. What are “article submission sites”?

Answers:
a. Databases of stored articles awaiting approval from a CEO
b. Sites that help submit articles you have written about your product for online publication so you don’t have to spend valuable time sending out your articles individually
c. Sites where you can buy articles and adapt them to a target audience and focus them on your market
d. Usually scam sites that promise huge marketing distribution around the internet

17. Where did the term “blog” originate?

Answers:
a. It was invented by Mr. James Blog
b. An abridgment of the two terms, “web” and “log”
c. An abridgment of the two terms, “book” and “log”
d. b and c
e. None of the above, it was a spontaneous new coinage derived from Old English

18. How long does an author’s copyright – whether in print or online – last in the U. S.?

Answers:
a. Until he/she dies
b. Forever
c. For 5 years after the publication
d. For 40 years after he/she dies
e. For 70 years after he/she dies

19. Which of the following are good ways of sourcing information for online content such as blog postings?

Answers:
a. Reading other blogs of a similar nature
b. Researching for content in a library by reading non-fiction, and consulting encyclopaedias, public records etc.
c. Using search engines to narrow down keywords and content data
d. All of the above

20. If you own a copyright on your own works, you can license your work for reproduction and publication around the world according to place and length of time.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

21. Which of the following is the term used for the collective blogging intelligentsia, namely the most influential bloggers online by page rank owing to their high traffic count?

Answers:
a. Glamorati
b. Hoi polloi
c. Rich and reckless
d. Beautiful and damned
e. Blogerati

22. Which of the following are good techniques for building a greater business audience for your blog?

Answers:
a. Create multiple links with local business community
b. Create a link with the local library website
c. Partner with non-competing businesses
d. Have business cards printed
e. All of the above

23. Which of the following are most important when optimizing content for search engines?

Answers:
a. Regular updating of your blog
b. Making sure your URL is simple
c. Adding keywords, tags, metatags and having quality content and regular updating
d. Having quality content

24. State whether True or False.

Copyright is available not just for published works but also for works in private use that have not or may never be published.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

25. Which of the following is the most effective idea for creating a target audience that returns again and again to your blog?

Answers:
a. Make individual postings long as the more the information, the better it is.
b. Re-read and be your own editor, always removing unnecessary words and phrases; keep your postings relatively short and post regularly
c. Regularly change the colors of your blog to entertain your readership
d. Add a certain randomness to your external links so the audience never quite knows where the links may lead – it’s more exciting

26. What is “misinformation”?

Answers:
a. Mystery information partially hidden on the internet
b. Information which is misleading or distracting or at least partially wrong
c. Mr. Information
d. Completely wrong information on all counts
e. None of the above

27. Which of the following features will increase the likelihood of a reader staying longer on your blog?

Answers:
a. Having mostly text rather than pictures, slide shows or other interactive content
b. Using external links to generate the new page as a pop-up window rather than going directly to the new site
c. Offering links to great promotional deals on other sites

28. What do you mean by your article being “non exclusive” while selling it online?

Answers:
a. That you can sell it to one more company
b. That it is exclusively connected to the site where you publish it first
c. That you can publish it online elsewhere so long as they are “non exclusive” too
d. That you can sell it to 5 more companies
e. That you can post it on your blog but nowhere else

29. If words/phrases are lifted from an original writing on the internet – not from a printed book – it’s not plagiarism.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

30. What distinguishes a blog from a website?

Answers:
a. Postings that occur according to a timeline that is updated so old posts can be traced
b. More content
c. Flashier images
d. Contact details
e. More professional content

31. What is an “open thread”?

Answers:
a. A thread that is open for discussion by those posting to it
b. A thread that has closed links
c. Multiple posts focused around one specific subject
d. All posts made openly by the same blogger
e. All of the above

32. What are “grey hat techniques”?

Answers:
a. Techniques attracting people over 65 to your blog
b. Advertising techniques through images specifically aimed at older readers
c. Techniques involving part online and part store sales
d. An optimisation strategy defining an unknown area of reputability/validity

33. What is an “affiliate business program”?

Answers:
a. Getting the business standards of your company approved by a government affiliated company
b. Signing up to be a business partner with another online company to promote each other’s interests and thereby reaching a larger market
c. Buying a company
d. Getting bought by a company
e. Merging with another company

34. Which is the correct order for finding your target audience and selling goods or services to it?

Answers:
a. Design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, have a business plan, identify their interest in your product, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, make sales
b. Have a business plan, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, identify their interest in your product, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, make sales
c. Have a business plan, identify your audience type and their level of expertise, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product, make sales, identify their interest in your product
d. Identify your audience type and their level of expertise, make sales, have a business plan identify their interest in your product, design a strategy for drawing them to your site with greater interest in your product

35. In terms of keywords for promoting a website about global money, which of the following groups would be the best choice?

Answers:
a. Football, shopping, racing, gardening
b. 10c, 5c, dollar, 50c, quarter
c. The World Bank, the Olympics, the US government, the UEFA Cup
d. Dollar, yen, pound sterling, exchange rate

36. What are “subsidiary rights” if your blog becomes successful enough to receive an offer of publication in print?

Answers:
a. All rights originally held by the author
b. Translation rights
c. All secondary rights sold by the agent or publisher, such as volume rights, audio rights, film and T. V. rights, book club rights, paperback rights etc.
d. Rights that the author always retains and that cannot be licensed

37. At the end of an article, the reference list to other relevant works that may or may not have been cited is called the _________________.

Answers:
a. Footnotes
b. Bibliography
c. Original material
d. Endnotes
e. All of the above

38. What changes you should incorporate in your writing style—when writing about the university application process—if you’re writing for student applicants and not for their parents?

Answers:
a. Write the entire text in italics—it signifies that the content has been written for a student, and not for a parent
b. Write the entire text in the Roman style—it signifies that the content has been written for a student, and not for a parent
c. No amount of change can clarify if the content is written for a student or for a parent, so do not bother about changing your writing style
d. Add anecdotes in the description; students prefer an anecdotal style of writing
e. Vary the information, your tone, your advice, and recommendations, so that the description is understood by students as well as parents

39. What can you do to make your articles more appealing to online readers?

Answers:
a. Create external links and quality posts
b. Add a message board and / or chat room to encourage interactivity
c. Increase the product or site image / professional branding
d. All of the above

40. What is the “useful but incomplete” approach in terms of promoting your product in an online article or so-called e-zine?

Answers:
a. Making your product useful but leaving the article incomplete with no way of linking to your site
b. Making your product incomplete and the article useful
c. Making the article useful but leaving it incomplete so the market is enticed but has to follow your link to learn more
d. Making the article complete and the product useful so that there’s no need to find out more

41. What does “SEO” stand for?

Answers:
a. Sequeway Even Offered
b. Service Engine Oriented
c. Second Executive Officer
d. Search Engine Optimization

42. Online articles do not need to be cited especially when taken from another online source.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

43. Which of the following are good ways of protecting your online content?

Answers:
a. Searching for the plagiarists of your content
b. Embedding your images
c. Potentially encrypting your HTML
d. Joining a plagiarism forum
e. All of the above

44. What is an “anonoblog”?

Answers:
a. A general blog with multiple authors
b. A blog about people who used to be famous
c. A blog written and maintained by an anonymous author, often under a pseudonym or pen name
d. All of the above

45. What is “blogosphere”?

Answers:
a. The hole in the internet through which blogs can fall
b. The blogs in a given area such as a street, county or country
c. The collective content of the blogs worldwide
d. Blog companies that group together and buy smaller blogs
e. None of the above

46. Which of the following is not a blogging provider or blogging service available on the web free of cost?

Answers:
a. WordPress
b. Blogger
c. Technorati
d. BlueHost

47. Why is it important to make regular postings – if not daily postings – to your blog?

Answers:
a. To encourage a regular readership, returning traffic, and so web robots can see your blog is regularly active
b. It isn’t – making daily postings can be harmful to your blog
c. Otherwise it will be unplugged by the blog service provider
d. None of the above

48. What are “Google alerts”?

Answers:
a. A ringtone from Google
b. A doorbell as a prize for being a loyal Google customer
c. Pinging of your website by Google every time you use Yahoo and MSN instead of using Google
d. A system where Google e-mails you the results of your pre-arranged search terms on a regular basis to stir your thoughts about writing blog content

49. If your website sells golf equipment, your promotional articles should be written about _________.

Answers:
a. good golf courses
b. caddies
c. sport in general
d. the best clubs to use at certain times
e. All of the above

50. What are “stop words”?

Answers:
a. Words that stop short of their meaning
b. Words that show up first in search engine result pages
c. Words that are banned on the blogosphere by the blog police
d. Some common words (such as “and”, “or” and “in”) that are usually ignored by a search engine performing a search

51. Is it a good idea to have two blogs with the same content to try and increase traffic?

Answers:
a. No, as search engines such as Google will most likely list only one blog which may not be your preference
b. Yes, two blogs, even with the same content, will most likely double your traffic on the web
c. Yes, and to have three would be still better
d. No, because search engines will be advised to close down one, if not both, of your blogs

52. What is the common rule for taking images from the web and using them on your blog or website?

Answers:
a. Check to see if these are freely available, and if so, proceed; otherwise contact the copyright holder or blog/site manager for permission
b. Take whatever you like from any site by right clicking and saving the image
c. a and b
d. None of the above

53. What is the difference between a “patent” and a “trademark”?

Answers:
a. A copyright and a trademark are the same; a patent is made to protect goods or services for sale
b. Patents and trademarks are the same; it is copyright that is different
c. A patent protects a work, device or name that is used for trading goods whereas a trademark protects inventions or discoveries
d. A trademark protects a word, device or name that is used for trading goods whereas a patent protects inventions or discoveries

54. Which of the following is a good approach to planning to write a blog posting?

Answers:
a. Source content, write draft, save, post to blog
b. Idea, source content, post to blog, read
c. Idea, source content, write draft, save, read and edit, post to blog
d. Write draft, edit, post to blog, read and edit later

55. What is “autocasting”?

Answers:
a. Automatically casting the characters in an online play
b. An autocue for a blogger to remind him or her to make a posting
c. A form of microblogging that will herald Web 3. 0
d. An automated form of podcasting that allows bloggers (and blog readers) to create audio versions of text-only blogs using RSS feeds

56. Search engines will return different results depending on the word order of the search terms.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

57. When writing an article about safety and light bulbs, which of the following is likely to be your target audience?

Answers:
a. Electrical engineers
b. Ordinary people involved in home improvement
c. Working electricians
d. Light bulb manufacturers
e. All of the above

58. Why is it sometimes a good idea to create a blog independently with a host other than a free blog hosting service such as the Blogger?

Answers:
a. You can add more intelligent interactivity such as widgets, site design, custom URLs etc
b. You can then have two blogs and disconnect your old one
c. You will be able to keep the old free service
d. You will automatically get more traffic

59. Which of the following is most likely to guarantee the content on your blog is professional, subject-appropriate and grammatically correct?

Answers:
a. Copying it into Word, spell-checking, and copying it back
b. Asking a friend to read it
c. Reading it through before posting
d. Having several specialist readers check out the content for its relevance, sense, argument, and keywords

60. Which of the following techniques can provide increased credibility to an article?

Answers:
a. A signature at the end of the posting
b. More links than words in a single posting
c. External links to other sites combined with sophisticated quality content
d. A self-appointed writing on the subject

61. Can you sell your copyright?

Answers:
a. Yes, by licensing it according to territory and time
b. No, it remains yours always
c. Yes, but only in certain places, and for lengths of time up to 140 years after your death
d. Yes, so long as someone changes his/her name to your name

62. Blog comments show up in Google searches in addition to the blog posts.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

63. What are the websites “writework. com” and “schoolsucks. com”?

Answers:
a. Sites where teachers can obtain their students’ papers in an educational exchange program?
b. Websites dedicated to stopping plagiarism on the web
c. Websites where students can obtain papers to wrongfully use as their own, often for free
d. A community of online papers backed by most US and UK school programs

64. What does the term “spomment” refer to in the blogosphere?

Answers:
a. Special comments
b. Spam on a posting
c. Comment spam
d. Tiny gremlins inside the computer system
e. All of the above

65. What is the term used for “the number of times the keyword is used divided by the total word count on the page”?

Answers:
a. Keyword density
b. Keyword distribution
c. Word hardness
d. Density of syllables
e. Blog Page Intensity

66. What is a “tag”?

Answers:
a. An external link
b. A language element, such as a word, often used in blogs to identify the type or types of content that makes up a particular post
c. A long post that goes onto another page
d. Both b and c

67. What is a “bye-line”?

Answers:
a. The text at the end of a post that identifies the poster, and a play on “byline”, used to identify the writer of a newspaper article
b. The headline
c. The secondary headline
d. b and c
e. None of the above

68. What is a “plagiarism warning banner? ”

Answers:
a. A banner e-mailed to you by a potential plagiarist to warn you of their potential copying of your site
b. A banner you place on your site or blog to deter potential plagiarists
c. A government service that bans plagiarists from the Web with an official warning, usually a letter to their home address
e. None of the above

69. If you’re writing an article about applying for admission to graduate courses in universities, your target audience is likely to be _________.

Answers:
a. 18-year olds
b. students already in college
c. a range of readers who are thinking of applying for admission to a graduate school
d. people between 45 and 65

70. If you’re writing an article about the automotive industry, which of the following would be the best way of promoting your article?

Answers:
a. Adding internal links within your blog that cross-reference the article
b. Adding highly specific keywords to your pages that reference aspects of the automotive industry
c. Contacting other automotive industry blogs and websites offering a link-exchange
d. All of the above

71. What is a “biz blog”?

Answers:
a. A blog owned and run by a company or corporation
b. A private blog for the blogger and his or her family
c. A blog in the biz of blogging only
d. A blog about finance, especially related to the London Stock Exchange
e. None of the above

72. What is a “CEOBlog”?

Answers:
a. A social networking blog
b. A blog that has been unplugged by a corporation during a hostile takeover
c. A group blog
d. A blog written using a “stream of consciousness” writing style
e. A blog maintained by a Chief Executive Officer

73. It’s a good idea to create identical content on multiple blogs as this can increase web traffic and get higher listings in search engines.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

74. If you write something libelous in a blog, you can still be sued for written defamation despite the apparent freedom of expression on the Internet.

Answers:
a. True
b. False

75. What is a “newbie”?

Answers:
a. A term – potentially negative – applied to someone new to a discussion or blog
b. A new technological addition to the internet
c. An innovation that took blogs into Web 2. 0
d. The latest fashion on the blogosphere
e. a and d.

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Creative Writing Test Non Fiction UK Version 2016

Creative Writing Test Non Fiction UK Version 2016

75 Answered Test Questions:

1. What is ‘iambic pentameter’?
Answers:

a. The five beats at the end of a five-line stanza
a. A traditional form of rising meter consisting of lines of five iambic feet (i. e., ten syllables total)
a. All Shakespearean-style poetry
a. Christopher Marlowe’s ‘heroic line’
a. a and d

2. What is the greatest potential hazard of putting your creative writing online?
Answers:

a. Someone will plagiarize your words and potentially publish them as his or her own.
a. People will cease to respect your creative work.
a. You will not be able to get your work published in print format in the future.
a. You will lose sales.
3. A fiction writer cannot successfully write non-fiction as well.
Answers:
a. True
a. False

4. Regarding the inclusion of creative expression in non-fiction writing, which of the following statements is most true?
Answers:

a. Non-fiction writing should always be factually verifiable, but that does not preclude creative style or expression as long as the creative expression serves an overall purpose of conveying facts, information and learning.
a. Non-fiction is required to be only 75% truthful; the remainder can be given over to creative expression.
a. Non-fiction should always aim to be as creative and imaginative as fiction, occasionally at the cost of verifiable truth.
a. None of the above

5. Which of the following is the recommended length for a screenplay when submitting to production companies?

Answers:
a. 80-125 pages
a. 60-80 pages
a. 100-180 pages
a. Any length, as it can always be abridged or expanded

6. In a play script, what does the abbreviation ‘V. O. ’ stand for?
Answers:

a. Vehicle On (the use of heavy props on stage)
a. Voice Off (an off-stage voice that falls silent when that character is on stage)
a. Vehicle Off (the removal of a heavy prop from the stage)
a. Voice On (the turning on of off-stage sound equipment)
a. Voice Over (an off-stage voice that narrates the on-stage action)

7. In the world of professional playwriting, which of the following usually occurs before a play is mounted in a full production?

Answers:
a. It is staged on an empty stage.
a. It is published in paperback.
a. It goes through a development stage that includes professional ‘readings’.
a. A read-through of the play is broadcast on the radio.
a. c and d
a. None of the above

8. In terms of online creative writing courses, which of the following statements is most reliable?
Answers:

a. All online creative writing courses are scams that should be avoided in favour of a course that takes place in a classroom.
a. An online course can be a good supplement and aid to the creative work you are already producing on your own or as part of a classroom workshop.
a. Some online courses are better than others; the good ones involve learning materials, forums, chat rooms and interactive time with an actual teacher.
a. b and c

9. How long does it generally take, from manuscript submission to final publication, for a non-fiction book to pass through the full editorial process and off-set (not digital) printing process?
Answers:

a. from 3 to 6 weeks
a. from 3 weeks to 3 months
a. from 3 months to 1 year
a. from 2 years to 10 years

10. What is an ‘analogy’?
Answers:

a. The opposite of what is stated, often with ironic effect
a. Composite word for a postscript, glossary, index or bibliography
a. A comparison of two similar ideas or objects to make a point about the first one; a kind of comparative example
a. The repetition of beginning consonant and vowel sounds in a line of poetry

11. In play or screenplay writing, what does the term ‘slug line’ refer to?
Answers:

a. The scene heading
a. The last line of the play
a. A black line that divides scenes
a. The play’s subtitle

12. What is “metonymy”?
Answers:

a. A meteoric rise to success
a. Same as ‘synonymous’
a. Rhyming couplets
a. A closely related word that is substituted for another word, object or idea
a. Two words with exactly the same meaning

13. What is the primary purpose for writing a journal?
Answers:

a. The writer’s own private use
a. To promote as a form of writing to a local community
a. To publish in print or online
a. To share with family and friends

14. What is expressive writing (as opposed to expository or persuasive writing)?
Answers:

a. Writing whose main aim is to succinctly describe an object in the world
a. Argumentative writing with a rhetorical aim
a. Writing whose main aim is to explore personal experiences and which is focused on the writer instead of on a subject or even on technical ‘correctness’ of expression
a. Writing that expresses a political or social opinion
a. b and d

15. The title page of a screenplay should contain which of the following?
Answers:

a. A photograph of the author
a. The title of the work and the author’s name and contact information
a. A dedication, the author’s name, and the prologue
a. The author’s home address and the beginning of the first scene

16. What is ‘personification’?
Answers:

a. The endowment of inanimate objects or concepts with living qualities
a. A person who resembles or behaves like an animal
a. An animal with human-like attributes or behaviour
a. A poem that resembles a person but does not actually include one
a. All of the above

17. Which of the following best defines ‘journal writing’?
Answers:

a. A written account of experiences, ideas or reflections kept regularly and usually for private use
a. Writing articles to submit to newspapers
a. Writing a journal-like diary or memoir specifically for publication
a. All of the above

18. What is a ‘heroic couplet’?
Answers:

a. The opening four lines of a poem
a. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter
a. The rhymed first and last lines of a poem
a. Poetry in free verse with an epic or heroic subject matter

19. The greatest benefit of publishing online is _____________; the greatest drawback is _____________.
Answers:

a. access to greater readership; not having a print presence (e. g., in bookstores)
a. the speed of delivery; fewer sales
a. affordability; that people don’t respect digital publishing
a. There is no real difference between online and print publishing.

20. In all types of writing, the term ‘the hook’ refers to _____________.
Answers:

a. a potentially dangerous prop used on stage
a. the antagonist
a. the main character in a play or screenplay
a. a line or passage that captures the audience’s attention (originally a term borrowed from songwriting)

21. Is the following statement true or false?


Compared to writing plays, screenplays, and other forms of non-fiction, writing a journal is a superior form of artistic expression.
Answers:
a. True
a. False

22. What is a ‘rhetorical question’?
Answers:

a. A question that doesn’t require an answer
a. A question that contains a riddle
a. A question that demands to be answered as quickly as possible
a. A question that contains an argument
a. A question with two different answers

23. In newspaper terminology (both print and online), what is a ‘masthead’ or ‘flag’?

Answers:
a. A line of text similar to a headline but which appears at the end of an article
a. A by-line
a. A section usually printed on the editorial page that lists the publication’s name and address, and the names of the owners, editors, writers, staff And so on.
a. A small flag attached to the front page

24. When an author writes a journal or diary and publishes it as a memoir, which of the following is potentially crucial to the credibility of the book?
Answers:

a. That an author book tour take place
a. That the author’s face be on the front and back cover
a. That the book contain a website address for the publisher
a. That it be clear from reading what is verifiable fact and what is potentially the author’s unreliable memory (i. e., that the line between reality and fantasy be clear)
a. a and b

25. How is the copyright of a fiction or non-fiction work typically divided up?
Answers:

a. Most copyright licenses or contracts last for seventy years after the author’s death.
a. Randomly or by lottery
a. By lots of ten years either in the Western world or east of the international date line
a. By time and territory; i. e., in terms of regions of the world and the length of time for which the copyright is licensed

26. What is ‘rhetoric’?
Answers:

a. Expressive writing as opposed to creative non-fiction
a. Simple prose that doesn’t draw attention to itself
a. Questions and statements mingled together
a. Argumentative or persuasive language

27. In academic non-fiction, the ____________________ at the end of the book helps readers continue their study of the subject by directing them to similar works.
Answers:

a. glossary
a. index
a. afterword
a. bibliography and works cited pages

28. A college business paper would typically be considered an example of _______________.

Answers:
a. creative non-fiction
a. fiction
a. creative design
a. non-fiction

29. What does ‘high concept’ mean in screenplay writing?
Answers:

a. A simple premise that describes a proposed film in just a few sentences, often by juxtaposing two known ideas.
a. A production with a large budget
a. A very artistic, conceptual approach to filmmaking
a. A complex idea that is turned into a relatively short film

30. Making journal entries at a specific time of day can help a writer discipline him or herself to maintain a diary or journal with some regularity.

Answers:
a. True
a. False

31. A manuscript that has been edited and proofread, that includes all images, and that is about to be published is said to be in the __________________ stage.
Answers:

a. page proof
a. editorial mark-up
a. typesetting
a. camera-ready copy

32. In screenplay terminology, the abbreviations ‘INT. ’ and ‘EXT. ’ mean ____________ and ___________ respectively.
Answers:

a. inner, outer
a. interior monologue, exterior speaker
a. interior scene setting, external scene setting
a. intermission, extra scene
a. All of the above

33. Among writing professionals, which of the following are well-known programs for creating and editing screenplays?
Answers:

a. DreamWriter and Final Draft
a. First Draft and Second Draft
a. DreamWeaver and Last Draft
a. No Draft and Screenwriting Crew 101
a. None of the above

34. Is the following statement true or false?

Editors will take a professional blog seriously as an example of someone’s writing skills, as long as the blog is regularly updated, clear and relevant.
Answers:

a. True
a. False

35. What is ‘bias’?
Answers:

a. The similarity between ideas
a. The negative feeling between two ideas in a work of journalistic non-fiction
a. The specific tone of a work, or specific voice of the writer
a. When an author prejudices the reader in favour of one side of a subject by not covering the topic fairly

36. Creative writing or blogging – especially when the format is interactive and allows comments or provides discussion rooms for readers to express their own views – is said to be a part of which of the following web generations?
Answers:

a. Web pages
a. WWW for Dummies
a. The Internet 1. 1
a. Web 2. 0

a. All of the above

37. A/an ___________ is a short, traditional Japanese poem that contains three lines of five, seven, and five syllables respectively?
Answers:

a. sonnet
a. ode
a. ottava rima
a. haiku
a. None of the above

38. In playwriting and theatre terminology, the term; ad lib’ (from the Latin ad libitum, meaning in accordance with desire) refers to _________________.
Answers:

a. dialogue or action that the actors make up, often on the spur of the moment
a. the moment when an actor stumbles on his or her words
a. what the prompt or cue person in the front row delivers to actors who forget their lines
a. impromptu dancing in the middle of a play

39. In screenwriting, what does the abbreviation ‘O. C. ’ stand for?
Answers:

a. On Cue
a. Off Cue
a. Off Camera
a. Off Curtain
a. On Curtain
a. All of the above

40. What does it mean to ‘green-light’ a project?
Answers:

a. To temporarily delay a production
a. To give the go-ahead to start a production
a. That the production has made over $1 million
a. That the production is a safety-related play about traffic lights

41. What is an ‘epic poem’?
Answers:

a. An extended ballad containing quatrains
a. Free verse
a. A poem written in large print
a. A poem in a tightly bound manuscript delivered in person
a. A poem of considerable length, often dealing with heroic themes

42. Which of the following lists contains the names of people who are commonly regarded as great American playwrights?

Answers:
a. Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller
a. William Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlie Parker
a. Arthur Miller, James Copeland, Henry James
a. Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O’Connor

43. What is ‘objective truth’ as opposed to ‘subjective truth’?
Answers:

a. Subjective truth is independently verifiable, whereas objective truth is dependent on a limited point of view.
a. Objective truth is independently verifiable whereas subjective truth is dependent on a limited point of view.
a. They are both the same.
a. Objective truth is dependent on subjective truth.
a. Objective truth involves two people, while subjective truth involves only one.

44. Which of the following best describes creative non-fiction?

Answers:
a. Non-fiction with some fictional elements, such as invented dialogue
a. Non-fiction told like a short story or written like a novel
a. Non-fiction stories written in the form of poems or plays
a. None of the above
a. All of the above

45. What is ‘elision’?

Answers:
a. The sliding of one consonant into another
a. The repetition of certain vowels in a line of poetry
a. Stanzas with exactly the same number of lines
a. The omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to maintain the poetry’s metre

46. Creating an impressive website on which to post creative work is more important than the quality of the creative work itself.

Answers:
a. True
a. False

47. Which of the following is usually required when submitting non-fiction to a literary agent or publishing editor?

Answers:
a. The entire work without a synopsis
a. An outline, chapter synopsis, and the opening chapters
a. A telephone call followed by the entire work
a. A formal meeting in which you present the entire work

48. How is a biography different from a memoir?
Answers:

a. Biographies are more detailed than memoirs and require names and dates to be provided.
a. A memoir is fiction, while a biography is non-fiction.
a. A memoir is written by the author about him or herself, while a biography is written by an author about someone else.
a. A biography is meant for personal use, while a memoir is meant to be published.
a. There is no real difference between the two.
49. What is ‘assonance’?

Answers:
a. A stanza in which the lines follow ABCD format
a. Stupid behaviour
a. The repetition of vowel sounds
a. Three or more consonants in a row

50. When staging a play, what does the abbreviation ‘SPFX’ stand for?
Answers:

a. Special Entrance
a. Special Effects
a. Second Prompter
a. Special Affects
a. Extra Speaker

51. What does it mean if a play script is said to be ‘unsolicited’?
Answers:

a. It has been sent back from the production company to the playwright.
a. It has been sent upon request, usually from the playwright to the production company.
a. It has been sent without a specific request, usually from the playwright to the production company.
a. It is either too short or too long.
a. a, b and c

52. Which of the following is NOT a movie genre?
Answers:

a. Horror
a. Cartoon
a. Legal Thriller
a. Romantic Comedy

53. Is it better to present creative work (such as a non-fiction book) on a single Web page, or to spread it out over several pages?
Answers:

a. It depends on the work: a very short work could fit on one page, but a non-fiction book would be better spread across multiple pages (e. g., a chapter per page).
a. Always present a creative work on one page so as not to interrupt the flow.
a. Always spread a creative work, no matter its length, across several pages; doing so will generate more URLs and, therefore, a larger readership.
a. Regardless of its length, a whole work should never be published online.

54. What does it mean if a screenplay is ‘optioned’ by a television or film production company?
Answers:

a. The exclusive right to purchase the screenplay at some time in the future has been bought.
a. The screenplay has been bought and will definitely be made into a film, and the screenwriter will receive a royalty.
a. The screenplay has been partially bought and will now pass through re-writes before being returned to the screenwriter for a final polish.
a. The screenplay will be resold to another film or television company.

55. The Internet is a good source of famous works of literature and non-fiction, which are often available free in fully downloadable or full-text online formats.
Answers:

a. True
a. False

56. Which of the following lists contains titles that are regarded as successful examples of sophisticated Hollywood screenplays?
Answers:

a. Jaws IV, Plan B from Outer Space, Cheers
a. Chinatown, American Beauty, Schindler’s List
a. Mike’s World, The Bad Barber Shop, Back in 5 Minutes
a. Roseanne, Cheers, Seinfeld, Deep Impact

57. You can publish online the non-fiction work of another author as long as that work is out of copyright.
Answers:

a. True
a. False

58. In screenplay writing, the abbreviation ‘b. g. ’ stands for ____________.
Answers:

a. background
a. big gun
a. beautiful generation
a. big gap
a. None of the above

59. Which of the following considerations is most important when keeping a personal journal?
Answers:

a. That you write regularly, regardless of how you choose to express your thoughts and feelings
a. That the grammar and punctuation be accurate
a. That the sections be all the same length
a. That you eventually submit it to a literary agent

60. The phrase ‘The tree’s dark fingers reached out for him’ demonstrates the use of which of the following literary devices?

Answers:
a. Simile
a. Metaphor
a. Alliteration
a. Mimesis

61. What is a ‘pun’?
Answers:

a. A bucket for audience tips
a. A so-called ‘play on words’, or the comic use of a single word with two or more meanings
a. A stage prompt
a. A character foil

62. In theatre terminology, a ‘curtain call’ is the moment when ______________.
Answers:

a. the playwright is personally thanked onstage
a. the audience stands and pulls down the curtains with great excitement
a. the cast of the play take a bow on stage
a. the audience leaves in disgust, calling out their disapproval

63. Why is it important to get the facts correct in non-fiction writing?
Answers:

a. It is less important than one might think; many non-fiction books are published with factual errors.
a. It is important because the credibility of the author and publisher are reflected in the reliability of factual claims made in the book.
a. It is less important than one might think; the work may contain a mixture of verifiable facts and approximate facts or guesswork by the author.
a. It is important because sales will be higher if there is more fictional content, even in a non-fiction book.

64. In terms of theatre staff, who is the ‘Artistic Director’?
Answers:

a. A painter and decorator who designs the sets for a play
a. The playwright, once he or she enters the theatre for rehearsal
a. A theater company’s chief artistic officer, usually the last person who decides on a script before green-lighting production
a. The lead actor, who often has some creative control

65. What is ‘falling metre’?
Answers:

a. Metrical feet in a line that move from stressed to unstressed syllables
a. Metrical feet in a line that move from unstressed to stressed syllables
a. Same as alliteration
a. Free verse
a. All of the above

66. When translated to the screen, a screenplay of 150 pages will generally run for how long?
Answers:

a. 2. 5 hours
a. 1. 5 hours
a. 2 hours
a. 3 hours
a. 1. 75 hours

67. What is ‘free verse’?
Answers:

a. Epic verse
a. Poetry that is given away free with longer works
a. More modern poetry with no prescribed pattern or structure
a. Rhyming couplets
a. None of the above

68. When writing an authentic journal for private use or publication, which of the following is a good idea?
Answers:

a. Trying to prompt your audience or reader into liking the narrative voice
a. Imitating a known writer as much as possible
a. Developing a specific and genuine narrative voice, whether the work will be published or not
a. Varying the narrative voice from section to section depending on whether you feel the work can be published or not

69. What is an ‘indie’ production company?
Answers:

a. One based in the state of Indiana, USA
a. A production company that is independent of major studio financing
a. A production company that has a certain youth appeal, but that is still backed by a major studio
a. A theatrical production based on the Indiana Jones films

70. In theatre terminology, what does ‘stage left’ mean?
Answers:

a. The last point at which an actor left the stage
a. The left side of the stage from the audience’s point of view
a. The left side of the stage from the actor’s point of view
a. It varies depending on the perspective of the actor

71. Which of the following is crucial for maintaining a journal with some regularity?
Answers:

a. Keeping the journal locked
a. Making entries whenever the mood hits
a. Making daily entries in different colours
a. Having someone read the journal
a. Continuous motivation over a long period of time

72. In any creative endeavour, what is meant by the term ‘development hell’?
Answers:

a. The initiation of a period of development that lasts 3-6 months
a. The end of a long development process at which point the decision is made NOT to proceed to production
a. A play that involves satanic elements, or a comic visit to hell itself
a. The period of frustrating delay that can occur when the development process lasts too lone

73. Which of the following is NOT a type of personal journal writing?
Answers:

a. Dream book or log
a. Diary or memoir
a. Electronic journal
a. Spiritual or personal growth journal
a. Short story collection

a. Autobiography or life writing

74. In terms of editorial work at a publishing house, which of the following statements about fiction versus non-fiction is true?
Answers:

a. The two genres are usually handled by the same editor.
a. Other than the fact that one genre is “true” and one is “untrue, ” there is very little difference between the two.
a. Non-fiction requires fewer stages of correction.
a. Non-fiction requires a fact-checker and may also need to have illustrations or photographs sourced.

75. It’s a good idea to write a journal on a word processor rather than in a notebook because ____________.
Answers:

a. a word processor allows you to make multiple copies and reduces the risk of losing your writing
a. your computer is less likely to get stolen
a. if you ever try to get your writing published, it is already in a typeset format
a. a and c
a. None of the above

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76. What is a ‘quatrain’?
Answers:
a. A four-line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse
a. A two-line stanza written in free verse
a. The last quarter of a poem, rounded to the nearest stanza
a. The four parts of any work of art
a. b and d.

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Upwork English Spelling Test UK Version Answers 2016 (1st Place!! ).

Upwork English Spelling Test UK Version Answers 2016
53 Answered Test Questions:


1. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Indivisible
b. Irresistable
c. Indispensable
d. Irresponsible

2. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Reminiscience
b. Reminiscence
c. Reminescence
d. Reminisense

3. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Bureaucrasy
b. Buroucracy
c. Bureaucracy
d. Beuraucracy

4. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Synonymous
b. Synonymus
c. Synonimous
d. Sinonymus

5. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The judge granted the reluctant witness complete ____________ from prosecution for his part in the crime.

Answers:
a. amnesty
b. amnasty
c. anmesty
d. emnesty

6. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Priveledge
b. Privilage
c. Privilege
d. Privelege

7. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Unanimus
b. Unanemous
c. Unanimess
d. Unanimous

8. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Arthur spent hours admiring the gothic ____________of all those French cathedrals.

Answers:
a. architecture
b. arkhitecture
c. arcitecture
d. arckitecture

9. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .

Answers:
a. labretory
b. laboratary
c. laboratory
d. labratory

10. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Adress
b. Addrress
c. Addres
d. Address

11. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The purpose of your report should be to ___________ the most relevant facts, not to obscure them.

Answers:
a. illumenate
b. iluminate
c. illuminate
d. elluminate

12. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Hienous
b. Henous
c. Heinus
d. Heinous

13. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Many would-be travellers were _____________ by the price of petrol last summer.

Answers:
a. flabergasted
b. flabberghasted
c. flabbergasted
d. flabbergashted

14. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The clown’s performance was _______________, to say the least.

Answers:
a. dissapointing
b. dissappointing
c. disapointing
d. disappointing

15. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Ligitimate
b. Legitimate
c. Legetimate
d. Legitemate

16. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
On the ____________ day of Christmas, Lucy was annoyed to find her garden full of noisy drummers
drumming.

Answers:
a. twelvth
b. twelfth
c. twelfeth
d. twelth

17. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Rhythmical
b. Reminiscence
c. Rheumatism
d. Resevoir

18. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Managable
b. Millennium
c. Minuscule
d. Miscellaneous

19. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He wrote __________on every topic from shoestrings to string theory.

Answers:
a. prollifically
b. prolificaly
c. prollificaly
d. prolifically

20. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Definitly
b. Definately
c. Defenitely
d. Definitely

21. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Be sure to leave your travel __________with the secretary so he’ll know how to reach you whilst you’re away.

Answers:
a. itenreray
b. itinerary
c. iteneray
d. itinirary

22. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.

Answers:
a. Carnivorus
b. Carnivorous
c. Carnivoures
d. Carnivoreus

23. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Yacht
b. Youthful
c. Yeilding
d. Yesterday

24. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Restaureter
b. Restauranter
c. Restaurateur
d. Restourateur

25. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Posess
b. Poesess
c. Possess
d. Pozess

26. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The savvy dancer acted as a __________ between the detective and the cabaret owner.

Answers:
a. liasion
b. liaison
c. liasone
d. leason

27. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!

Answers:
a. nuisance
b. nuisents
c. newsanse
d. nuisince

28. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Efficency
b. Efficentsy
c. Efficiensy
d. Efficiency

29. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Accomodate
b. Analyse
c. Acknowledgement
d. Asterisk

30. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The church members accused the cult of _______________ practices.

Answers:
a. sacreligious
b. sacrelegious
c. sacrilegious
d. sacrilgious

31. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Emma has always been fascinated by the way the mind works, so she’s decided to get a degree in __________.

Answers:
a. pshycology
b. psycology
c. psyhcology
d. psychology

32. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Idiosyncracy
b. Idiosincrasy
c. Idiosyncrasy
d. Ideosyncracy

33. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.

Answers:
a. perpetual
b. perpechual
c. purpetual
d. perptual

34. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sally’s nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.

Answers:
a. fiance
b. finance
c. feance
d. fience

35. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Wierd
b. Wired
c. Whined
d. Wilful

36. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Enhancement
b. Elicit
c. Enigma
d. Ecstacy

37. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Fluorescent
b. Fullfill
c. Facsimile
d. Fictitious

38. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Vacuum
b. Vaccuum
c. Vacumm
d. Vaccum

39. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Pronounciation
b. Pronuciation
c. Pronuncitation
d. Pronunciation

40. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Sophomore
b. Supersede
c. Susceptable
d. Spontaneous

41. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
My father does not believe in ____________ , but my mother does.

Answers:
a. reincanation
b. reincarenation
c. reincarnation
d. reincantation

42. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to Spain.

Answers:
a. Neumonia
b. Penumonia
c. Pneumonia
d. Pnuemonia

43. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.

Answers:
a. nocternal
b. nocturnal
c. noctarnal
d. nacturnal

44. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the sausages.

Answers:
a. barbecue
b. barbequeue
c. barbycue
d. barbcue

45. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.

Answers:
a. congradulated
b. congrachulated
c. congratulated
d. congratilated

46. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don’t ______________ them.

Answers:
a. loose
b. looze
c. lose
d. louse

47. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.

Answers:
a. diminutive
b. diminuative
c. deminutive
d. dimminutive

48. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The waitress brought me a plate of squid even though I _____________ asked for clams.

Answers:
a. specificaly
b. specifically
c. specifycally
d. specificly

49. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be tolerated.

Answers:
a. plagiarism
b. plagiarizm
c. plagerism
d. plagirism

50. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
The protesters hurled ___________ insults at us as we walked by.

Answers:
a. vicous
b. vicious
c. vicoius
d. vicius

51. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
He __________ a summer home, an exercise bike and a hamster in the divorce settlement.

Answers:
a. accquired
b. ecquired
c. acquired
d. akquired

52. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Occasion
b. Occurence
c. Overrun
d. Opponent

53. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Mrs. Baker took her ______________ class on a field trip to the zoo.

Answers:
a. kindergarden
b. kindegarten
c. kindergarten
d. kindegarden

1 NOT Answered Yet Test Questions:
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54. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.
Sam _________ a successful political campaign.

Answers:
a. orchestraited
b. orchestrated
c. orchestreated
d. orcestrated

55. Identify the misspelt word in the is below

Answers:
a. Quixotic
b. Quite
c. Questionaire 
d. Quarantine

56. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:
a. Goverment
b. Governmant
c. Government
d. Govermant

57. Identify the misspelt word in the list below

Answers:
a. Mischeivous 
b. Misanthrope
c. Mussel
d. Malicious

58. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Embarassment
b. Embrassement
c. Embarrasment
d. Embarrassment

59. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Managable 
b. Millennium
c. Minuscule
d. Miscellaneous

60. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Gauge 
b. Gaje
c. Guage
d. Gaige

61. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Manoeuvre
b. Manouver
c. Manuevre
d. Manuver

62. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Cachet
b. Connoisseur
c. Charateristic
d. Catastrophe

63. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Pageant
b. Poignant
c. Plummage
d. Priggish

64. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Haemorrhage
b. Harass
c. Hankerchief
d. Hypocrisy

65. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Excesive
b. Exccesive
c. Excessive
d. Exceesive

66. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:
a. Leiutenant
b. Luietenent
c. Lieutanent
d. Lieutenant

62. Identify the misspelt word in the list below

Answers:
a. Parallel
b. Prevalent
c. Prejudice
d. Perserverance

63. 6. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Forfiet
b. Forfeit
c. Forefeit
d. Fourfit

64. Identify the misspelt word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Develop
b. Desciple 
c. Dilemma
d. Discipline

1. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Pageant
b. Poignant
c. Plummage
d. Priggish

2. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Persue
b. Parsue
c. Persou
d. Pursue

3. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The judge granted the reluctant witness complete ____________ from prosecution for his part in the crime.

Answers:
a. amnesty
b. amnasty
c. anmesty
d. emnesty

4. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Vacuum
b. Vaccuum
c. Vacumm
d. Vaccum

5. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Arthur spent hours admiring the gothic ____________of all those French cathedrals.

Answers:
a. architecture
b. arkhitecture
c. arcitecture
d. arckitecture

6. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Forfiet
b. Forfeit
c. Forefeit
d. Fourfit

7. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The waitress brought me a plate of squid even though I _____________ asked for clams.

Answers:
a. specificaly
b. specifically
c. specifycally
d. specificly

8. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Posess
b. Poesess
c. Possess
d. Pozess

9. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Idiosyncracy
b. Idiosincrasy
c. Idiosyncrasy
d. Ideosyncracy

10. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Manoeuvar
b. Manouver
c. Maneuver
d. Manuver

11. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Councelor
b. Condescend
c. Camouflage
d. Criticize

12. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Sam _________ a successful political campaign.

Answers:
a. orchestraited
b. orchestrated
c. orchestreated
d. orcestrated

13. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Rhythmical
b. Reminiscence
c. Rheumatism
d. Resevoir

14. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Reminiscience
b. Reminiscence
c. Reminescence
d. Reminisense

15. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Yacht
b. Youthful
c. Yeilding
d. Yesterday

16. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Wierd
b. Wired
c. Whined
d. Willful

17. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Embarassment
b. Embrassement
c. Embarrasment
d. Embarrassment

18. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

He __________ a summer house, an exercise bike, and a hamster in the divorce settlement.

Answers:
a. accquired
b. ecquired
c. acquired
d. akquired

19. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Cachet
b. Connoisseur
c. Charateristic
d. Catastrophe

20. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Adress
b. Addrress
c. Addres
d. Address

21. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Temperamental
b. Tempermental
c. Temperamentle
d. Temparamental

22. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Accomodate
b. Analyze
c. Acknowledgment
d. Asterisk

23. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Heinous
b. Henous
c. Heinus

24. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The protesters hurled ___________ insults at us as we walked by.

Answers:
a. vicous
b. vicious
c. vicoius
d. vicius

25. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Gauge
b. Gaje
c. Guage
d. Gaige

26. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Their relationship was plagued by __________ problems.

Answers:
a. perpetual
b. perpechual
c. purpetual
d. perptual

27. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Excesive
b. Exccesive
c. Excessive
d. Exceesive

28. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Priveledge
b. Privilage
c. Privilege
d. Privelege

29. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The purpose of your report should be to ___________ the most relevant facts, not to obscure them.

Answers:
a. illumenate
b. iluminate
c. illuminate
d. elluminate

30. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

On the ____________ day of Christmas, Lucy was annoyed to find her yard full of noisy drummers drumming.

Answers:
a. twelvth
b. twelfth
c. twelfeth
d. twelth

31. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Exhilirate
b. Exhilarate
c. Exhilireat
d. Exhilrate

32. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Bureaucrasy
b. Buroucracy
c. Bureaucracy
d. Beuraucracy

33. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Hazel Dormouse is a _________ creature.

Answers:
a. nocternal
b. nocturnal
c. noctarnal
d. nacturnal

34. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The church members accused the cult of _______________ practices.

Answers:
a. sacreligious
b. sacrelegious
c. sacrilegious
d. sacrilgious

35. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Hemorrhage
b. Harass
c. Hankerchief
d. Hypocrisy

36. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Sophomore
b. Supersede
c. Susceptable
d. Spontaneous

37. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Conscentiuos
b. Consentious
a. Conscientous
c. Conscientious

38. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Enhancement
b. Elicit
c. Enegma
d. Ecstasy

39. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

No one knew what devious experiments the scientist conducted in his ______________ .

Answers:
a. labretory
b. laboratary
c. laboratory
d. labratory

40. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Emma has always been fascinated by the way the mind works, so she’s decided to get a degree in __________.

Answers:
a. pshycology
b. psycology
c. psyhcology
d. psychology

41. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Helen was surprised by the __________ stature of her blind date.

Answers:
a. diminutive
b. diminuative
c. deminutive
d. dimminutive

42. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Peter always makes such a _____________ of himself!

Answers:
a. nuisance
b. nuisents
c. newsanse
d. nuisince

43. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Mrs. Baker took her ______________ class on a field trip to the zoo.

Answers:
a. kindergarden
b. kindegarten
c. kindergarten
d. kindegarden

44. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The crowd ________________ me on my acceptance into Mensa.

Answers:
a. congradulated
b. congrachulated
c. congratulated
d. congratilated

45. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The annual _____________ was ruined when a family of bears stole all the hotdogs.

Answers:
a. barbecue
b. barbequeue
c. barbycue
d. barbcue

46. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Sally’s nervous __________ left her standing at the altar.

Answers:
a. fiancé
b. finance
c. feancé
d. fience

47. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Clara the cat simply chose to ignore the ______________ of our dog.

Answers:
a. existence
b. existance
c. existense
d. existanse

48. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

My father does not believe in ____________ , but my mother does.

Answers:
a. reincanation
b. reincarenation
c. reincarnation
d. reincantation

49. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The savvy dancer acted as a __________ between the detective and the cabaret owner.

Answers:
a. liasion
b. liaison
c. liasone
d. leason

50. Which of the following options means, “the owner or manager of a restaurant”?

Answers:
a. Restaureter
b. Restaurater
c. Restaurateur
d. Restourateur

51. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Be sure to leave your travel __________with the secretary so he’ll know how to reach you while you’re away.

Answers:
a. itenreray
b. itinerary
c. iteneray
d. itinirary

52. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The clown’s performance was _______________, to say the least.

Answers:
a. dissapointing
b. dissappointing
c. disapointing
d. disappointing

53. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

_________animals feed almost exclusively on meat.

Answers:
a. Carnivorus
b. Carnivorous
c. Carnivoures
d. Carnivoreus

54. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

After my grandfather was diagnosed with chronic_________, he moved to Arizona.

Answers:
a. Neumonia
b. Penumonia
c. Pneumonia
d. Pnuemonia

55. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

He wrote __________on every topic from shoestrings to string theory.

Answers:
a. prollifically
b. prolificaly
c. prollificaly
d. prolifically

56. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Let me tie your mittens to your sleeves so you don’t ______________ them.

Answers:
a. loose
b. looze
c. lose
d. louse

57. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Many would-be travelers were _____________ by the price of gas last summer.

Answers:
a. flabergasted
b. flabberghasted
c. flabbergasted
d. flabbergashted

58. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

The professor made it clear that ___________ would not be tolerated.

Answers:
a. plagiarism
b. plagiarizm
c. plagerism
d. plagirism

59. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:
a. Pronounciation
b. Pronuciation
c. Pronuncitation
d. Pronunciation

60. Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct spelling of the missing word.

Helen was surprised by the stature of her blind date

Answers:
a. diminutive 
b. diminuative
c. deminutive
d. dimminutive

61. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:
a. Carribean
b. Caribbean 
c. Carribbean
d. Caribeen

62. Identify the misspelled word in the list below

Answers:
a. Parallel
b. Prevalent
c. Prejudice
d. Perserverance

63. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Quixotic
b. Quite
c. Questionaire 
d. Quarantine

64. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:
a. Goverment
b. Governmant
c. Government
d. Govermant

65. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below.

Answers:
a. Vengeance 
b. Vengance
c. Vengents
d. Vengence

66. Cheese the correct spelling of the word fie. the options below

Answers:
a. Ligitimate
b. Legitimate 
c. Legetimate
d. Legitemate

67. Choose the coned spelling of the won] from the options below

Answers:
a. Unanimus
b. Unanemous
c. Unanimess
d. Unanimous

68. Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below

Answers:
a. Referense
b. Refrence
c. Reference
d. Referance

69. Identity the misspelled word in the list below

Answers:
a. Indivisible
b. Irresistable 
c. Indispensable
d. Irresponsible

70. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.

Answers:
a. Managable 
b. Millennium
c. Minuscule
d. Miscellaneous

71. Identify the misspelled word in the list below.
a. Stationery
b. Statutory
c. Sincerely
d. Sanctuery

72.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
a. Efficency
b. Efficentsy
c. Effciensy
d. Efficiency

73.Choose the correct spelling of the word from the options below
a. Neccesary
b. Necessary 
C. Neccessary
d. Necesary

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