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enMisspelling: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
Have you ever seen a (1) _________ word on a sign? Or a sign with the wrong punctuation? Those kinds of mistakes (2) _________ Jeff Deck. He decided last summer that he could (3) _________ the world a better place by correcting mistakes, or typos, on signs.
Deck is now driving around the US looking for mistakes in print. So far, he (4) _________ more than 5,000 miles. When Deck (5) _________ a mistake, he asks the store owner or shop manager if he can fix it. He carries a supply of markers, crayons, and wite-outs (6) _________ he can correct almost any mistake he finds. (7) _________ of the people who own the signs are happy to let Deck (8) _________ errors of spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
«We want to help people out», said Deck. It’s not about making anybody (9) _________ or making somebody look stupid, he added. Everybody makes mistakes, and his goal is correcting (10) _________ mistakes.
Deck thinks that (11) _________ errors can cause more mistakes. If people see a word misspelled in print or on a sign, they might think the sign is right, he says.
Deck is not sure why he sees so many typos these days. He thinks maybe people (12) _________ enough about spelling and punctuation.
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | misspelling | misspell | misspellable | misspelled |
| 2 | do bother | does bother | did bother | bothering |
| 3 | create | turn | do | make |
| 4 | travelled | has been travelling | has travelled | hadtravelled |
| 5 | is found | finds | will find | has been found |
| 6 | in order to | as if | as | so |
| 7 | Most | The most | Mostly | The more |
| 8 | correct | to correct | correcting | to be corrected |
| 9 | to feel | feel | feeling | felt |
| 10 | that | this | those | these |
| 11 | printing | printed | printable | |
| 12 | not taught | aren’t teaching | aren’t being taught | not being taught |
1.D; 2.A; 3.D; 4.C; 5.B; 6.D; 7.A; 8.A; 9.B; 10.D; 11.A; 12.C
