Style, Punctuation, and Mechanics
Post-Test
If any of the bolded segments has an error, select the answer option that
IDENTIFIES the error. If no segments have an error, select “No error.”
1.Lorenzo lives in the Hills of North Carolina.
Lorenzo
Hills
North Carolina
No error
Points awarded: 0 out of 1
2.Madeline is a midfielder for her High School soccer team.
Madeline
High School
soccer
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
3.A manager should have a confident, self-assured manner in order
to create a calm atmosphere in his workplace.
self-assured
create
his
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
, 4.My doctor said she could not guestimate what my test results would be.
she
guestimate
would be
No error
Points awarded: 0 out of 1
5.The poets remark about the longevity of things of beauty did not take into
account the effects of such phenomena as acid rain.
The poets remark
things of beauty did
effects of
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
6.Five refugee families have arrived in our small town and their delight in our
peaceful lives makes me happy that we decided to invite them.
have arrived
town and
happy that
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
7.Mikhail Gorbachev, who took office in 1985 was forced to step down after a
failed coup attempt in 1991.
Gorbachev,
1985 was
Post-Test
If any of the bolded segments has an error, select the answer option that
IDENTIFIES the error. If no segments have an error, select “No error.”
1.Lorenzo lives in the Hills of North Carolina.
Lorenzo
Hills
North Carolina
No error
Points awarded: 0 out of 1
2.Madeline is a midfielder for her High School soccer team.
Madeline
High School
soccer
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
3.A manager should have a confident, self-assured manner in order
to create a calm atmosphere in his workplace.
self-assured
create
his
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
, 4.My doctor said she could not guestimate what my test results would be.
she
guestimate
would be
No error
Points awarded: 0 out of 1
5.The poets remark about the longevity of things of beauty did not take into
account the effects of such phenomena as acid rain.
The poets remark
things of beauty did
effects of
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
6.Five refugee families have arrived in our small town and their delight in our
peaceful lives makes me happy that we decided to invite them.
have arrived
town and
happy that
No error
Points awarded: 1 out of 1
7.Mikhail Gorbachev, who took office in 1985 was forced to step down after a
failed coup attempt in 1991.
Gorbachev,
1985 was
