Short AP Style Practice

The bill was signed by ______ George W. Bush.
1. Gov.
2. Governor
The conference will take place ______ 5.
1. Jan.
2. January
Police arrested the suspect at 119 Main ________.
1. St.
2. Street
Police arrested the suspect in Tempe, __________.
1. AZ
2. Ariz
3. Arizona
The woman, 20, and the boy,________, suffered injuries in the crash.
1. 8
2. eight
Life with a teething ______________ can be trying.
1. 2 year old
2. 2-year-old
3. two year old
4. two-year-old
The fishing is good on ________________________.
1. lakes erie and ontario
2. lakes Erie and Ontario
3. Lakes Erie and Ontario
The committee held its first meeting _______.
1. June 2
2. June 2nd
The suspect is _______ feet tall.
1. six
2. 6
The team signed a ____________player.
1. 7 foot 1 inch
2. 7-foot-1-inch
3. seven foot one inch
4. seven-foot-one-inch
We drove five blocks ____________.
1. north
2. North
You speak with a __________ accent.
1. southern
2. Southern
Congress has approved a __________ tax cut.
1. $4,300,000
2. $4.3 million
3. 4.3 million dollar
________ people attended the meeting.
1. 21
2. Twenty-one
About ________ of the people left early.
1. 2/3
2. two thirds
3. two-thirds
More than ____________ of the students answered correctly.
1. 80%
2. 80 percent
3. eighty percent
I'd like ____________, please.
1. 4 bagels and 11 buns
2. four bagels and 11 buns
3. four bagels and eleven buns
Both of the ____________ husbands are in the Army.
1. sister's
2. sisterses'
3. sisters'
The prosecution's case hinged on one ___________ testimony.
1. witness'
2. witness's
3. witnesses's
I ate my lunch at ___________ outside in the sunshine.
1. 12:00
2. 12 noon
3. noon
She leaves for work at ______________.
1. 7 a.m.
2. 7 a.m. in the morning
3. 7:00 a.m.

Short AP Style Practice

A selection of some of the most common issues in AP style.