Quizzes & Worksheets
Practice and test yourself
These quizzes and worksheets provide ample opportunities to practice and evaluate your editing and proofreading skills, helping you sharpen your expertise and gain confidence.
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Chicago Style Workouts
Chicago style workouts include 3 editing and proofreading quizzes plus 70 editing worksheets covering every element of grammar, usage, punctuation, and Chicago style; you'll also find worksheets on how to proofread, editing lingo, publishing terminology, US v. UK, Chicago v. AP, and more
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Copyediting Quiz
Focused on spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors
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Free Sample Copy Editing Tests
Mimics real copyediting assessments, focusing on English grammar
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Grammar Quizzes
36 beginner to intermediate sentence-level quizzes with study links to practice points of grammar
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CIEP Quizzes
16 CIEP quizzes on grammar, punctuation, numbers, capitalization, and usage along with publishing terminology and language dilemmas with a new quiz every other month and a downloadable one-page PDF self-test
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Brenmer Editing Center
18-question grammar editing quizzes plus 10-question quizzes on lie/lay, apostrophes, and homonyms
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Copyediting Midterm
Covers various aspects of copyediting in a multiple-choice format
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Melton's Copyediting Quiz (PDF)
Offers stylebook, abbreviation, and usage quizzes totaling 125 questions plus a copy prep exercise
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Melton's Story Editing Quiz (PDF)
Short 2-page story copyediting quiz
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Melton's Symbols Quiz (PDF)
Copyediting symbols quiz
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Using English Editing Quiz
Graded intermediate-level quiz comprising 20 questions; also printable as a worksheet with answer sheet
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Grammar Guide Quizzes
78 quizzes created by ACES (the first 71 quizzes require Adobe Flash)
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Quizizz
Proofreading, revising, and editing skills test
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Test Your Proofreading And Copyediting Skills
Focuses on identifying and correcting errors, covering both proofreading and line editing skills
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Grammarist Proofreading Quiz
10-question proofreading test
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Grammar Monster
Extensive study materials plus tests on every part of speech, punctuation, commonly misused words, and more
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Proofreading Exercises (PDF)
20 downloadable proofreading practice exercise sheets designed to simulate real proofreading work - get 14 more worksheets for free by signing up to the email list
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Proof It Proofreading Game
Test your ability to recognize errors in spelling, punctuation, usage and capitalization
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You're the Editor Proofreading Quiz
25-question timed general proofreading test
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Test Your Proofreading Prowess Quiz
10-question quiz on commonly misused words
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New York Times Copy Edit This
Copyediting quizzes from behind the New York Times' paywall (login required)
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GrammarPhile Proofreading Quiz
10-question basic proofreading quiz
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Basic Proofreading Test
Covers common grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors
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English Grammar Quizzes
Quizzes on subject-verb agreement, punctuation, grammar, contemporary English, and one on use of the word "however"
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Buzzfeed Editing Quiz
Quick 8-question journalism editing quiz
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Buzzfeed Hyphenation Quiz
Buzzfeed 9-question hyphenation quiz
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Buzzfeed Punctuation Quiz
Buzzfeed 8-question comma/semicolon/colon quiz
Substantive Editing/Revision Quizzes
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Revising v. Editing
This quiz from Houston Community College tests your understanding of revising vs. editing. There's also a 5-minute video on the topics.
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Substantive Editing Exercises Level 1 (PDF)
Downloadable light substantive editing worksheet with 20+ exercises on phrasing and usage
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Substantive Editing Exercises Level 2 (PDF)
Downloadable substantive editing worksheet with 20+ exercises on phrasing and usage
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Substantive Editing Exercises Level 3 (PDF)
Downloadable substantive editing worksheet with 20+ exercises on phrasing and usage
Other Quizzes
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Should You Become an Editor?
Take this one-minute quiz to get some perspective on whether the career of an editor is right for you.
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Editor Type Assessment
Are you a beta reader, book coach, developmental editor, line editor, copyeditor, or proofreader? Take this quiz and find out.
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Style Guides Quiz
Test your knowledge of the most common style guides with this brief quiz