This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What percentage does the decimal 0.32 represent? A) 0.032%. B) 3.2%. C) 32%. D) 320%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 32%. 2. What are you doing? A) We playing. B) We are playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are playing. 3. There ..... room for improvement. A) Is many. B) Are much. C) Is much. D) Are many. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is much. 4. Your house is similar to mine. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 5. Choose the correct preposition:He is good at/for solving complex problems. A) A) at. B) B) for. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) at. 6. What is the silent letter in "gnome" ? A) N. B) G. C) E. D) M. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. 7. I always have ( 1 ) when I'm with you because you are so ( 2 ) . A) 1:fun2:fun. B) 1:fun2:funny. C) 1:funny2:funny. D) 1:funny2:fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1:fun2:funny. 8. London is the city which also has a lot of annual passengers, at 775 million, but it is not as many as that of two previously mentioned cities. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. I strongly ..... this movie. A) Reccommend. B) Recommend. C) Recommennd. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recommend. 10. I left my umbrella ..... the train A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 11. When I was young everyone had to go ..... on Sundays. A) To the church. B) To church. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To church. 12. This book is so ( 1 ) so I feel very ( 2 ) when I read it. A) 1:boring2:boring. B) 1:boring2:bored. C) 1:bored2:bored. D) 1:bored2:boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1:boring2:bored. 13. You took your girlfriend from the hand. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 14. What is the correct form-I have a good news. A) Good new. B) A good news. C) Good news. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Good news. 15. Complete:She got married ..... her childhood sweetheart. A) To. B) With. C) To/with. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 16. Ronald lives ..... Block 19, Lot 12, Prk. 9, Lower Bicutan, Taguig City A) At. B) By. C) In. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 17. My teacher said me to be on time. A) My teacher said I . B) My teacher told to me . C) It's OK!. D) My teacher told me . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My teacher told me . 18. Carol's 30th birthday party will be held ..... this Wednesday in the breakroom. A) At. B) On. C) In. D) (nothing). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (nothing). 19. $\frac{y}{3}\times\frac{4x^2}{5}=$ A) $\frac{4x^2y}{15}$. B) $\frac{4y^2x}{15}$. C) $\frac{y+4x^2}{15}$. D) $5y+12x^2$. E) $\frac{4x^2y}{8}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $\frac{4x^2y}{15}$. 20. Do you feel responsible ..... the bad result. A) Of. B) For. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 21. What's wrong in this sentence?I want to tell you that this way of crossing it is very dangerous. A) It. B) Tell. C) Very. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 22. The restaurant stops ..... breakfast at 11 a.m. A) Serving. B) To serve. C) To serving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serving. 23. The movie was very ..... There wasn't a dry eye in the theater. A) More. B) Moving. C) Moved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving. 24. Which suffix(es) would you add to wood to make it mean made of wood? A) -s /-es. B) -en. C) -ion /-tion /-ation /-ition. D) -ous /-eous /-ious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -en. 25. I want to send a message to ..... A) All the people. B) Old the people. C) All de people. D) Ol the pipol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the people. 26. He never seems to be at his desk and is constantly chatting and flirting with the receptionist. He seems to ..... A) Hardly work. B) Work hard. C) Tired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardly work. 27. After a few years he decided it was time to change his ..... A) Work. B) Occupation. C) Career. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occupation. 28. Vocabulary test:The percent of teenagers who ride bicycles is higher than for any other age group. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. I am good ..... Maths A) At. B) On. C) In. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At. 30. The ..... man helped the blind man to cross the street A) Yung. B) Small. C) Young. D) Little. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Young. 31. I am looking for ..... about how to start my own business. A) A few advice. B) Some advice. C) Some advices. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some advice. 32. The number of woman studying science increased dramatically last year. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. I like to play golf in ..... because the weather is comfortable. A) Fall season. B) Autumn season. C) Spring season. D) Autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autumn. 34. The word ..... means "domination; the condition of having authority." A) Supremacy. B) Acquit. C) Boycott. D) Concession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supremacy. 35. "Please, call ..... " A) As soon as you can to me. B) Me as soon as you can. C) To me as soon as you can. D) To I as soon as you can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me as soon as you can. 36. Do you ..... the name of the restaurant we went to? A) Remember. B) Remind. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remember. 37. I divided the cake in four parts. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 38. Find a mistake in the following sentence: "I used to going to school on foot when I was a primary student." A) Was. B) Foot. C) School. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going. 39. I can't ..... any gifts ..... the candles. (except / accept) A) Accept / except. B) Accept / accept. C) Except / except. D) Except / accept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accept / except. 40. Vocabulary check:There were many traffic in the city. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 41. We have dance lessons ..... Sunday. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 42. Correct the mistake:He have a lot of water in the cave. A) He have = there is. B) He have = he has. C) He have = there are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He have = there is. 43. It depends from her. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 44. She has blue eyes A) Elle a . B) Elle est . C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elle a . 45. Complete the following sentencesMy sister ..... very well when she was young. A) Could. B) Was able to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 46. Phelps is the sports person wich I admire the most A) Who I admires. B) Who I admired. C) Is the sports people. D) Phelps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who I admired. 47. I ate all the food (a) the broccoli. A) A. except. B) Accept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. except. 48. The wound took many weeks to ..... A) HEAL. B) CURE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HEAL. 49. $\left(2y\right)^4=$ A) $8y^4$. B) $2y^4$. C) $8y$. D) $16y^4$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $16y^4$. 50. Identify the plural noun.Three books are on the floor. A) Books. B) Three. C) Floor. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Books. 51. Driving on neighborhood roads in Japan can be difficult at times because they are quite ..... A) Little. B) Narrow. C) Big. D) Wide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrow. 52. Choose the correct word:He has less/fewer time to complete the project. A) B) fewer. B) A) less. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A) less. 53. What about these sentences? A) Talking about my achievements, I can say that once I'd proposed changing the pattern of new contracts and it worked then. B) Talking about my achievements, I can say that once I'd offered changing the pattern of new contracts and it worked then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking about my achievements, I can say that once I'd proposed changing the pattern of new contracts and it worked then. 54. We must turn the clocks back 1 hour at ..... for daylight saving time. A) Tomorrow. B) Midnight. C) In the middle of the night. D) Late at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midnight. 55. Which one is the best sentence A) Birds fly. They are beautiful. B) Birds fly. Birds Are beautiful. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birds fly. They are beautiful. 56. ..... you ..... your next holiday in Russia? A) Do / spending. B) Are/ performing. C) Are / spending. D) Have / spend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are / spending. 57. The doctor (tell) ..... me not to climb trees after I (break) ..... my leg. A) Told / had broken. B) Told / had broke. C) Told / broke. D) Told / have broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told / had broken. 58. Identify the sentence that maintains parallelism. A) The committee decided to meet, to discuss, and making a plan. B) The committee decided to meet, discuss, and make a plan. C) The committee decided meeting, to discuss, and to make a plan. D) The committee decided to meet, to discuss, and to make a plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The committee decided to meet, to discuss, and to make a plan. 59. The book club ..... their personal opinions on the plot. A) Discusses. B) Discuss. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discuss. 60. [ Frequently Misused Conjunctions ] Which sentence is correct? A) She left me because I hadn't done anything good for her. B) Although it's sunny, but she doesn't want to go out. C) When I was walking to school, I met Sara. D) John has lived here. Since he was young.TagsFrequently Misused Conjunctions. 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