Numbers & Dates
In AP style, when should you spell out whole numbers?
What is for whole numbers under 10?
When should a formal title (President/Governor) be capitalized?
What is when it comes immediately before a proper name?
Choose the correct AP style option: [ capital / capitol ]
"Austin is the ________ of Texas, and the legislature meets in the state ________ building."
What is 1. capital 2. capitol?
Should state names be abbreviated or spelled out in the body text of a story when standing alone or paired with a city?
What is spelled out: ex. Orlando, Florida?
Which term is an adjective meaning ordinary or routine, as opposed to a phrase meaning each day?
Everyday or Every day
What is everyday?
How do you write nineteen-nineteys in AP style?
What is 1990s?
How should job titles or formal titles be capitalized when they follow a person's name or stand alone in a sentence?
What is lowercase?
Choose the correct AP style option: [ Street / St. ] "She lives on 704 Elm ________, but moved from Oak ________."
What is 1. St. 2. Street?
How should academic degrees like bachelor's degree or master's degree be capitalized in general prose?
What is lowercase?
Which word is usually a verb meaning to influence, and which is usually a noun meaning a result?
Effect and Affect
What is Effect (Verb) Affect (Noun)?
How should you abbreviate October 12 in AP style text?
What is Oct. 12?
How does AP style format titles of books, movies, and songs
What is with quotation marks: "The Great Gatsby"?
Choose the correct AP style option: [ Avenue / Ave. ] "The parade marched down Fifth ________ past 100 Pennsylvania ________."
What is 1. Avenue 2. Ave.?
True/False
Seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) are capitalized in AP style?
What is false?
Which word means to praise?
Compliment/ Complement
What is compliment?
What is the correct AP style way to write the age of a five year old girl?
What is 5-year-old girl?
How should you abbreviate Senator before a full name on first reference?
What is Sen.?
Choose the correct AP style option: [ Drive / Dr. ] "Their office is located at 45 Park ________."
What is Drive?
True/ False
Occupational or descriptive titles like astronaut, attorney, or movie star are not capitalized before a name?
What is true?
We had two cupcakes to split (between / among) the three of us.
What is among?
How do you format these times of day in AP style, 8 in the evening / 12 in the afternoon?
What is 1. 8 p.m. 2. noon?
How do you abbreviate "General" "Sergeant" "Captain" titles before a name on first reference.
What is 1. Gen. 2. Sgt. 3. Capt.?
Choose the correct AP style option: [ United States / U.S. ]
"The ________ export market grew rapidly, helping the ________ expand its economy."
What is 1. U.S. 2. United States?
Name four of the eight states that are never abbreviated.
What are Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah?
Which is correct: full-time job/ full time job
What is full-time job?