Hours and Minutes
How do you indicate morning or afternoon/night?
a.m. and p.m.
True (correct) or False (incorrect):
If it is Tuesday then we have school tomorrow on Monday
False- the word "tomorrow" is not needed
What is wrong with publishing the following sentence?
The mayor fled the country on the 3rd of May.
It's supposed to be month day order, it wastes space.
When using just a month and year, what is not necessary?
A comma
How would you write out this phrase numerically? (ten fourteen in the morning)
10:14 a.m.
True (correct) or False (incorrect):
I can't wait to go to school on tuesday.
False- Tuesday not capitalized
How would you write about a wedding held on 7/3/21?
July 3, 2021
How would you write the day of your birthday in AP month notation?
Sept. 26, Oct. 14, etc. (any calendar date)
Is this phrase correct? Why?
I had to wake up at 3 a.m. in the morning.
Incorrect, redundant statement
True (correct) or False (incorrect):
I will get a brand new PlayStation on Thursday
True
Using today’s date, how would you write about a new movie releasing in 8 days?
Oct. 9
Fix the sentence:
Halloween is on October 31st.
Halloween is on Oct. 31.
Rewrite the phrase correctly.
I left my house for practice at 6:00 p.m.
I left my house for practice at 6 p.m.
True (correct) or False (incorrect):
This upcoming December will be very cold.
True
How would you write about the election on 11/5/19?
Nov. 5 (no year because it's current)
Name three of the five months that should not be abbreviated.
March, April, May, June, July
Answer this question in correct AP style:
When is the football game this week? (hint: time and day)
If today is Tuesday and there is a meeting in 6 days, how would you write that in a publication?
There will be a meeting on Monday.
What is wrong with publishing the following:
The new secretary will start in 2020 on the fourth of January.
-the order of day-month-year is off
-use the numeral 4
-abbreviate
What is the difference between writing a month with a year verses writing a month with a specific date?
year=no abbreviation of month
date=abbreviation of month