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Language - Grammar - Spelling

From the Webmaster : Our editors do not have the time to spend hours fixing every one of your typos or spelling mistakes. Please use complete sentences, good grammar, and correct spelling. Games that do not will not be accepted. Common sense applies:

Capitalize names.

End questions with question marks.

Keep capitalization consistent.

Avoid typos by reading over what you have written before you submit. You can also copy and paste your quiz into a word processor, but please note that some homophones (like its and it's) may not show up as incorrect. A third option is to have someone you trust read over your quiz with you - sometimes another person will see things that you have missed.

DO NOT WRITE IN CAPS LOCK.

If you are new to our site, do not use any fill in the blank questions.

Some Examples of Capitalization : All words that would be capitalized according to accepted grammatical rules should be capitalized in Quizzyland. This includes names, titles, places, etc. Nationalities should be capitalized. For example:

He was a French painter in the biographical epic.

She played an Irish hero in this gender-bending comedy.

In titles, all major words should be capitalized. The following are examples of correct capitalization:

Beauty and the Beast

The Sixth Sense

Save the Last Dance

From the Earth to the Moon

FITBs: Upper and Lower case : Fill in the Blank answers are NOT case sensitive in Quizzyland. Thus, if you put as a correct answer 'John Milton', the following will be counted as correct: John Milton, john milton, John milton, john Milton, JOHN MILTON. These extra combinations of capitalization are repetitive and unnecessary. Do not put them into your quiz.

Date Formats : Please avoid writing dates with digits according to your local customs, such as 3.16.88 or as 13.2.94; write the date out in full as March 16th, 1988 or 13th February 1994, or whatever is your local custom.

Spelling : As this is an international site, local variations in spelling are permitted, e.g. all of the following are acceptable: color, colour, realise, realize, metre, meter, program, programme, jail, gaol, litre, liter, sulfur, sulphur, analog, analogue, donut, doughnut, jewelry, jewellery, mustache, moustache, check, cheque, etc.

Quotation Marks : The normal rules of punctuation apply and, on the same basis that local variations of spelling are acceptable, local punctuation/quotes customs are also acceptable; as this is an international site. Some general guidelines:
please put titles of movies, books, television shows, television episodes, songs, albums, lyrics, musicals, comic books and video games in quotations
it is not necessary to put quotation marks around the title of your quiz, as they're redundant; quotation marks are used to separate title/quotes from its surrounding text/words in a sentence or title, as the case may be, e.g. this quiz title is correct:-
Zeppelin on the "Stairway To Heaven"
whereas this quiz title is not correct:-
"Romeo and Juliet"

do not use quotation marks in an FITB answer

16-Nov-01

21 quizzes and 240 trivia questions.

Apostrophes Are Not Difficult editor best quiz

- 10 questions - 6 mins

An apostrophe is used to show possession, and to show where there is a missing letter. It really is quite simple. Let's see how you go as the quiz takes us step by step through a dispute between neighbours.

Average, 10 Qns, DevonshireLass, Jan 15 23

Average
DevonshireLass
Jan 15 23
81172 plays

It's Too? Two? To? Much! best quiz

- 10 questions - 2 mins

Ahh! Those pesky words that sound the same but are spelled differently- too, to, two, for example. Do you know when to use each word?

Easier, 10 Qns, crisw, Nov 22 21

Easier
crisw

Nov 22 21
17707 plays

Your You're Whosit Whatsit Test best quiz

- 10 questions - 2 mins

Here's an English tune-up quiz on common errors based on editing here at Quizzyland for the past two years and teaching ESL a few years. Some of these are hard to nip in the bud, but I know you can do it!

Easier, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Nov 22 21

Easier
Bruyere editor

Nov 22 21
10890 plays

Punctuation top quiz

- 10 questions - 2 mins

Do you know what punctuation to use?

Easier, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Nov 22 21

Easier
ladymacb29 editor

Nov 22 21
12480 plays

It's Its!

- 15 questions - 3 mins

One of the most common mistakes editors find in quizzes is confusion over when to use 'its' and 'it's'. If you create quizzes, help me out by taking this quiz! If the usage is correct, pick 'yes', otherwise, pick 'no'.

Easier, 15 Qns, crisw, Nov 22 21

Easier
crisw

Nov 22 21
13906 plays

Apostrophes top quiz

- 10 questions - 2 mins

I'll give you a sentence that may or may not have an apostrophe problem in it. You choose the sentence with the apostrophes and punctuation in the correct places.

Easier, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Nov 22 21

Easier
ladymacb29 editor

Nov 22 21
9310 plays

How to Capitalize a Title top quiz

- 10 questions - 3 mins

Titles are everywhere! There are song titles, movie titles, album titles, names of TV shows and episodes, book titles, poem titles - even the titles of your quizzes. See if YOU know how to capitalize them correctly.

Easier, 10 Qns, CellarDoor, Nov 22 21

Easier
CellarDoor

Nov 22 21
6845 plays

Please Punctuate! great trivia quiz

- 10 questions - 3 mins

One of the most common reasons for quiz rejection is improper punctuation. See if you can pick out the properly punctuated sentence or sentences! No obscure semicolons or colons, just plain everyday commas and periods. This quiz uses US grammar rules.

Easier, 10 Qns, crisw, Feb 11 23

Easier
crisw

Feb 11 23
7261 plays

There, They're, and Their popular trivia quiz

- 15 questions - 2 mins

These words get confused very often, and sound exactly the same. Good luck, and please rate every quiz you play!

Very Easy, 15 Qns, hipeople, Nov 22 21

Very Easy
hipeople
Nov 22 21
5825 plays

10.

Whose and Who's top quiz

- 10 questions - 4 mins

See if you know the difference between 'whose' and 'who's'!

Easier, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Nov 22 21

Easier
ladymacb29 editor

Nov 22 21
8763 plays

Quick Question

______desk is a mess. You should watch what _____doing.

From Quiz "Your You're Whosit Whatsit Test"

11.

You're Your Quiz's First Editor great trivia quiz

- 10 questions - 2 mins

Knowing the difference between 'your' and 'you are' is a huge help in getting your quiz through on the first go-round. Remember: 'your' means belonging to you. 'You're' is a contraction for 'you are'.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, LadyCaitriona, Nov 22 21

Very Easy
LadyCaitriona

Nov 22 21
6701 plays

12.

A Night *In* The Movies popular trivia quiz

- 20 questions - 8 mins

On a recent night, I did some editing in the Movies category. There were 66 quizzes waiting to go online. All of these phrases are from these quizzes. Can you help me correct them?

Average, 20 Qns, crisw, Nov 22 21

Average
crisw

Nov 22 21
8414 plays

13.

Contractions popular trivia quiz

- 10 questions - 4 mins

I'll give you the contraction, you tell me what two words make up that contraction or what the contraction means.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Nov 22 21

Very Easy
ladymacb29 editor

Nov 22 21
7063 plays

14.

Singular Pluralities great trivia quiz

- 10 questions - 5 mins

Lately, I've noticed that many quiz writers are submitting quizzes that have problems with sentences that contain both singular and plural forms. Can you single out the correct answers a plurality of times?

Average, 10 Qns, crisw, Nov 22 21

Average
crisw

Nov 22 21
4524 plays

15.

More Apostrophes great trivia quiz

- 10 questions - 2 mins

I'll give you a sentence without apostrophes, you put them in (if needed). Please copy the sentence exactly and include all ending punctuation.

Easier, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Nov 22 21

Easier
ladymacb29 editor

Nov 22 21
5917 plays

16.

Apostrophe Soliloquy popular trivia quiz

- 10 questions - 5 mins

These phrases are from recently-submitted FunTrivia quizzes. Type 'C' if the phrase has correct apostrophe use (all apostrophes where they belong or no apostrophes if they aren't necessary) or 'I' if the usage is incorrect.

Easier, 10 Qns, crisw, Jan 22 23

Easier
crisw

Jan 22 23
4791 plays

17.

Apostrophes - Again popular trivia quiz

- 10 questions - 4 mins

Another quiz on apostrophes. I hope you'll find it of some use. :)

Average, 10 Qns, bloomsby, Nov 22 21

Average
bloomsby

Nov 22 21
3879 plays

18.

Could You Be An Editor? - 15 questions - 4 mins

Could you be a quiz editor? Here are some phrases taken from actual quizzes that have been submitted recently. Indicate what type of error or errors the phrase has. Some phrases are correct. All spellings are US English.

Average, 15 Qns, crisw, Nov 22 21

Average
crisw

Nov 22 21
4485 plays

19.

A Spell of Spelling popular trivia quiz

- 15 questions - 8 mins

Here are some phrases from actual submitted quizzes. Find any spelling errors. Type the misspelled word correctly. Correct ONLY spelling, not apostrophe or punctuation errors.

Average, 15 Qns, crisw, Nov 22 21

Average
crisw

Nov 22 21
6784 plays

20.

Is the Question Formed Correctly? - 10 questions - 2 mins

Here are some common mistakes I've seen while editing quizzes. Tell me if the question is formed properly or not in questions 1-9.

Average, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Nov 22 21

Average
ladymacb29 editor

Nov 22 21
3644 plays

21.

Who, Whom, Which, and That - 10 questions - 3 mins

How do you know when to use 'who', 'whom', 'which', or 'that'? Sharpen your skills and learn some useful hints by taking this quiz.

Average, 10 Qns, skylarb, Nov 22 21

Average
skylarb
Nov 22 21
2181 plays