AP style test 4

This exam is consists of 25 sentences. Each of the sentences has a blank space, and below it are three choices for what should go in that space. One of those choices is correct according to AP style. In the box next to the question number, type the letter of the answer you think is correct.

At the end of the test, follow the directions of your instructor.

Click on the space below and type your name:

1. Temperatures will be in the low _____ .
a. 20’s
b. 20s’
c. 20s

2. The mass media _______ the subject of much criticism in this country.
a. is
b. are
c. has been

3. The soldier was shot at _______ range and died immediately.
a. point-blank
b. point blank
c. point Blank
.
4. Harold Brown, the former ___________ , was critical of the president
a. Secretary of Defense
b. secretary of defense
c. secretary of Defense

5. I doubt that I will be able to go__ I have a lot of homework to do.
a. comma
b. preposition
c. semicolon

6. The opening day of the baseball season is on __________ 4.
a. Apr.
b. Ap.
c. April

7. __________ clothes is he wearing if not his own.
a. Who’s
b. Whos
c. Whose

8. The governor said he would not _____ his plans to engage in a debate.
a. alter
b. altar
c. altur

9. There were many in the ________ who were sympathetic to the Confederacy.
a. north
b. Northward
c. North

10. Alabama’s ______ loss has put more pressure on the team.
a. 17-16
b. 17 to 16
c. seventeen to sixteen

11. The train is due to arrive at ________ p.m.
a. 15 after eight
b. eight-fifteen
c. 8:15

12. ______________ is the second Sunday in May.
a. Mothers Day
b. Mother’s Day
c. Mother’s day

13. He thought Smith was the most ________ of the three judges.
a. equitable
b. equal
c. equitible

14. Many people from ___________ have a distinct accent.
a. new England
b. new england
c. New England

15. The student gave a(n) __________ report of her findings.
a. verbal
b. oral
c. orel

16. The ballplayer’s annual salary will be about ______________ .
a. four million dollars
b. $4 million
c. 4 million dollars

17. __________ was the hottest day of the year.
a. August twentieth
b. Aug. 20
c. Aug. twentieth

18. The mayor said he would be a candidate for ____________.
a. reelection
b. re-election
c. re election

19. He promised to meet me here at _______ .
a. 12 midnight
b. 12:00 a.m.
c. midnight

20. His salary amounts to only a small ______ of his income.
a. percentage
b. %
c. per centage

21. Nashville, ______ is where the instructor grew up.
a. Tennessee
b. TN
c. Tenn.

22. The lawyer looked for a machine to ______ his brief.
a. xerox
b. photocopy
c. Xerox

23. John wrestled with his ________ before making the decision.
a. conscious
b. conscience
c. conscientious

24. ___________ people attended the study session before the exam.
a. 21
b. Twenty one
c. Twenty-one

25. ___________ he won’t start his drinking again.
a. Hopefully
b. I hope
c. Hope fully