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As you can notice, you should be checking any types of writing, whether an
essay, resume, brochure, proposal and research paper, among others, to ensure it is
free from errors. Below, you can find practice questions in order to determine if
you have followed English grammar and spelling rules as well as to check your
paper from any mistakes.
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13.Did you use proper punctuation, including colon, semicolon and dash
correctly?
14.Did you capitalize words that have to begin with a capital letter?
15.Did you use the words correctly based on the context of your sentence or
based on their proper usage in a sentence? Some words, including lay or lie,
affect or effect, who or whomare commonly confused that are often
misused in a sentence. Know their meanings so that you will be guided on
how you can use them properly.
16.Did you check for vague pronoun reference? When use pronouns, you
should see if you have used them specifically and correctly on a given
sentence. Make sure that you are using pronouns based on the correct
antecedent that they are referring to in your sentence. Otherwise, you will
cause confusion for your readers. For example, it is confusing to say that
Clara annoyed Beth, but that did not cause her to stop going to the party.
You can instead say, Clara annoyed Beth, but that did not cause Beth to
stop going to the party. When there are two nouns used in the sentence and
the use of pronouns could confuse the readers from identifying to whom the
pronoun is used, you may have to do without it.
17.Did you correct for lack of agreement between your pronouns and their
antecedents?
18.Did you use unnecessary capitalization in your sentence? You should
capitalize proper nouns, but not improper ones.
19.Did you make irrelevant shifts in verb tense?
20.Did you use sentence fragments? These words or phrases do not have a
complete thought; therefore, you should ensure that you have a subject and
verb in the sentence to ensure that you are not committing a grammar
mistake.
21.Did you use monotonous sentence structure? If youre a writer, dont be
afraid to go out your comfort zone. Try to use as many sentence structures as
they apply or as they are necessary. Otherwise, you might bore your readers
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and they might think that youre not that dedicated in the piece of writing
because it is monotonous.
22.Did you make reckless adjective drifts? If so, be clear in your writing and
correct your sentence.
23.Did you commit parallelism errors? For instance, do not say, Children love
singing, playing and chat with friends. Instead, say, Children love singing,
playing and chatting with friends. This is one helpful skill to learn about
when it comes to English writing. Using parallelism in your sentence can
help you convey a clear message to your readers and show them that you are
careful in writing.
24.Did you check for passive sentences? While passive sentence isnt wrong, it
actually weakens your writing. It is often recommended to stick with the
active voice to convey your message without causing confusion to your
readers.
25.Did you use too many of there are sentences? These sentences can be
improved. You can try to remove there are in your sentence and try to
rewrite it in a more specific and not vague way that this phrase often gives
your sentence.
26.Did you miss a comma after an introductory phrase? Check on this or use a
correct my sentence tool to ensure you are not committing this mistake.
27.Did you make use of unnecessary commas? For instance, Bob likes going
to the zoo, and taking pictures of animals. You can instead say, Bob likes
going to the zoo and taking pictures of animals.
28.Did you miss a comma in a compound sentence?
29.Did you proofread your work from the start to the end and then vice versa to
ensure it comes without any mistakes? If you want to catch all the mistakes
in your writing, do not skip this part of proofreading by reading this way.
30.Did you use proper grammar in your writing? To detect this, you may want
to read your work aloud so that you can catch any awkward sentences you
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have used as well as that you can catch for any misused words in your
sentences.
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