Jeopardy 1.03, 3.01, and 3.02 Numbers and Symbols Proofreaders’ Marks Language Skills

1. Which symbol represents the left parenthesis?  A. *  B. )  C. #  D. (

2. Which Symbol represents the plus sign?  A. !   C. +  D. #

3. Which symbol represents the asterisk?  A. *  B. #  C. )  D. “

4. Which symbol represents the greater than sign?  A. =  B. >  C. *  D. /

6. Which symbol represents the right parenthesis?  A. !  B. ?   D. )

7. Which symbol represents the dash?  A. --  B. (  C. &  D. %

8. Which symbol represents the ampersand?  A. *  B. ^  C. &  D. +

9. Which symbol represents the at sign?   B. ‘  C. /  D. =

10. Which symbol represents the exclamation mark? 10. Which symbol represents the exclamation mark?  A. *  B. <  C. ^  D. !

12. Which symbol represents the less than sign?  A. >  B. $  C. ^  D. <

13. Which symbol represents the dollar sign?  A. )  B. (  C. $  D. &

14. Which symbol represents the hyphen?  A. _  B. =  C. -  D. --

15. Which symbol represents the percent sign?  A. %  B. $  C. !  D.,

16. Which symbol represents the pound or number sign?  A. !   C. #  D. $

18. Which symbol represents the quotation mark?  A. ‘  B. :  C. ;  D. “

19. Which symbol represents the apostrophe?  A. “  B.,  C. ]  D. ‘

20. Which symbol represents the diagnol?  A. +  B. /  C. }  D. {

21. Which symbol represents the equal sign?  A. =  B. -  C. __  D. --

22. What is the correct proofreader mark: Organization and time management are very important skills to master?  A. Underline or italics  B. Spell out  C. Insert  D. Delete  Draw the mark on paper and show it.

23. What is the correct proofreaders’ mark? Save your work before logging off, the teacher said.  A. Insert quotations  B. Capitalize  C. Lowercase  D. Delete  Draw the PR mark on paper and show it.

24. What is the correct proofreaders’ mark? the dog jumped over the fence.  A. Underline or italics  B. Insert  C. Capitalization  D. Delete  Draw the PR mark and show it

25. What is the correct proofreaders’ mark? Monitors, printers and speakers are examples of output devices.  A. Add Period  B. Insert Comma  C. Spell Out  D. Insert Hyphen  Draw the PR mark and show it

26. What is the correct proofreaders’ mark? Its a beautiful day!  A. Insert apostrophe  B. Underline or italics  C. Add period  D. Spell out

27. What is the correct proofreader mark? Social Studies is my favorite Class.  A. Lowercase  B. Spell Out  C. Underscore or Italics  D. Stet…(Ignore the Proofreader Mark)  Draw the PR mark and show it.

28. What is the correct proofreaders’ mark? Which PR mark should she use to let her classmate know to start a new paragraph?  A. Indent  B. New paragraph  C. Close up  D. Center  Draw the PR mark and show it.

29. What is the correct proofreaders’ mark? The proofreading mark means the typists should do what?  A. Align with  B. Close up  C. Move left  D. Move right

30. The proofreading mark # means that the typist should do what?  A. Center  B. Delete  C. Move  D. Space

32. Jenny is comparing the letter that she typed to the original document. What is Jenny doing?  A. Creating  B. Editing  C. Proofreading  D. Viewing

34. Which will your word processing software’s TOOLS feature find?  A. Grammar errors  B. Homonyms  C. Names of proper nouns  D. Omitted words

35. When proofreading a document, what do the letters “lc” mean?  A. Locate  B. Lock caps  C. Look carefully  D. Lowercase

37. Draw the Proofreader Mark that means “Move to the right”

38. Draw the proofreading mark that means “replace”

40. Draw the proofreaders’ mark that means to “delete”

41. Draw the proofreaders’ mark that indicates what the typist should do below:  All computers need hard ware and software to work. software to work.

43. Draw the proofreaders’ mark that indicates what the typist should do below:  CTE Week is in Feb.

44. Draw the proofreaders’ mark that indicates what the typist should do below:  We learned how to format reports in our Language Arts class.

45. Draw the proofreaders’ mark that indicates what the typist should do below:  I met former president Clinton when I went to New York.

47. Draw the proofreaders’ mark that indicates what the typist should do below:  Remember to save work before logging off of your computer.

48. Which sentence is capitalized CORRECTLY?  A. Do you have an appointment with president Harris?  B. He plans to introduce Mrs. Goldberg, mayor of the city.  C. Please send your suggestions to senator Blackwood.  D. The next person on the agenda is Ms. Perez, vice president of the corporation.

49. Which type of error is in the following sentence? The teacher said, “come to class early tomorrow.”  A. Capitalization  B. Grammatical  C. Punctuation  D. Spacing

50. Which type of error is in the following sentence? Halloween is on october 31.  A. Capitalization  B. Grammatical  C. Punctuation  D. Spacing

51. Which type of error is in the following sentence? My favorite class is Social Studies.  A. Capitalization  B. Grammatical  C. Punctuation  D. Spacing

52. Which type of error is in the following sentence? It is better to give then to receive.  A. Capitalization  B. Grammatical  C. Punctuation  D. Spacing

53. Which sentence is capitalized CORRECTLY?  A. Have you ever been to the south of france?  B. I like Southern food.  C. They are from the Midwest.  D. We are studying explorers from the old West.

54. Identify the missing capitals in the sentence below:  Our fbla chapter raised money for the march of dimes this year

Answer: 1. D as in dishonesty

Answer  2. C as in courage

Answer:  3. A as in appreciate

Answer:  4. B as in behavior

5. You Win These Bonus Points!  BONUS!  Make another selection

Answer:  6. D as in dishonesty

Answer:  7. A as in appreciate

Answer:  8. C as in courage

Answer:  9. A as in appreciate

Answer:  10. D as in dishonesty

You Win these Bonus points! You Win these Bonus points!  BONUS  Make another selection  11.

Answer:  12. D as in dishonesty

Answer:  13. C as in Courage

Answer:  14. C as in courage

Answer:  15. A as in appreciate

Answer:  16. C as in courage

You win these Bonus Points!  BONUS  Make another Selection 17.

Answer:  18. D as in dishonesty

Answer:  19. D as in dishonesty

Answer:  20. B as in behavior

Answer:  21. A equal =

ANSWER:  22. C Insert

ANSWER:  23. A Insert quotations

ANSWER:  24. C Capitalization

ANSWER:  25. B Insert Comma

ANSWER  26. A Insert apostrophe

ANSWER:  27. A Lowercase

ANSWER: 28. B New Paragraph

ANSWER:  29. C Move Left

ANSWER:  30. D Space

You Win These Bonus Points!  BONUS  Make another selection  31.

ANSWER:  32. C Proofreading

You Win These Bonus Points!  BONUS  Make another selection.  33.

ANSWER:  34. A Grammar Errors

Answer:  35. D Lowercase

You Win These Bonus Points!  BONUS  Make another selection  36.

ANSWER:  37. Move Right

ANSWER:  38. Replace

You Win These Bonus Points!  BONUS  Make another selection  39.

ANSWER:  40. Delete 

ANSWER:  41. Close-up

You Win These Bonus Points  BONUS  Make another selection.  42.

ANSWER:  43. Spell out  sp

ANSWER:  44. Lowercase  lc lc  Language Arts

ANSWER:  45. A Capitalization

You Win These Bonus Points!  BONUS  Make another selection.  46.

ANSWER:  47. Insert  your  ^

ANSWER:  48. D.  The next person on the agenda is Ms. Perez, vice president of the corporation.

ANSWER:  49. A Capitalization

ANSWER:  50. A. Capitalization

ANSWER:  51. A. Capitalization

ANSWER:  52. B. Grammatical

ANSWER:  53. C.  They are from the Midwest.

ANSWER:  54. FBLA, March of Dimes