AGCJ 404
Agricultural Communications and Journalism

Please read all directions before accessing the online quizzes. Online quiz results must be recorded accurately to fulfill your AGCJ 404 weekly online quiz points. You only need to complete two required quizzes (step #5), but you can take as many of the Word Choice Exercises as needed for practice.

1. Go to the main page for A Writer's Reference.
2. Login with your e-mail address and password (upper right corner of page).
3. Click the "Grammar Exercises" link, then click "Word Choice" to reveal a sub-menu.
4. Complete some of the practice Word Choice Exercises:

   Exercises	Topics
   W2-2 & W2-3	Wordy Sentences
   W3-2	Active vs. Be Verbs
   W3-3	Active Verbs
   W4-1	Jargon
   W4-2	Sexist Language
   W5-1	Misused Words
   W5-2	Standard Idioms
   W5-3	Clichés and Mixed Metaphors

5. After completing some practice exercises, complete the two required quizzes for this week:
   • W2-1 Wordy Sentences
   • W3-1 Active vs. Passive Verbs