UIL Copy Editing

The editor said she would go interview the ____________about the policy.

• principle

• principal

Reporters often ____________ to academic studies the public can’t comprehend.

• elude

• allude

We had less / fewer than $1,000 in the student travel account.

• less

• fewer

SpaceX will build a spaceship that can fly faster __________ the speed of light.

• than

• then

Before the movie, they played a sneak ______________ of the next Star Wars film.

• peek

• peak

The 8 __________ band practice is mandatory.

• am

• a.m.

The girl was only __________ years old when she got admitted to college.

• 16

• sixteen

The meteorologist said __________ going to rain today — with 50 percent certainty.

• it's

• its

Queen Elizabeth began her __________ in 1953.

• reign

• rein

• rain

The Great Gatsby was set in the __________.

• 1920's

• 1920s