This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My brother's a sailor. He's been ..... for a few months now A) At sea. B) In the sea. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At sea. 2. Thank you for the ..... your party. A) Invitation to. B) Invitation for. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invitation to. 3. Which one is the most used one ..... A) They are handsome. B) They are looking good. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are looking good. 4. Graphics are ..... well handled in the book. A) Specially. B) Especially. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Especially. 5. I have graduated from IIT in 1992. A) Have graduated. B) Had graduated. C) Graduated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graduated. 6. Find the correct sentence A) I want a apple. B) I want and apple. C) I want an apple. D) I want at aple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I want an apple. 7. Dear Sir/Madam, ..... (Atentament) A) Yours faithfully. B) Yours sincerely. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yours faithfully. 8. If I will hear about any job openings, I will let you know. A) I will hear. B) I shall hear. C) I hear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I hear. 9. A run-on sentence without a conjunction can be corrected by adding just a comma. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Choose the most accurate sentence A) I hate when you laugh at me. B) I hate it when you laugh at me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I hate it when you laugh at me. 11. I feel 1 ..... This book is really 2 ..... A) 1. bored2. bored. B) 1. bored.2. boring. C) 1. boring2. bored. D) 1. boring2. boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. bored.2. boring. 12. What is the past of:Have A) Had. B) Haded. C) Has. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 13. Looking into the future, the proportions of elderly people in the USA and Sweden are anticipated to continue the upward trends to 2040. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. We didn't receive the package yet. A) Didn't receive. B) Don't receive. C) Haven't received. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haven't received. 15. The wages in Vietnam are very ..... A) Low. B) Cheap. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low. 16. What is the name of this type of words?Also-In addition-Whatsmore-However-On the one hand A) Connectors. B) Pronouns. C) Subordinators. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connectors. 17. He locked the room to prevent people A) From entering his house. B) To enter his house. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From entering his house. 18. Both of this stars play in the film and both of them are amazing. A) Both of this stars plays in the film . B) Both of this stars act in the film . C) And both of them are amazed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both of this stars act in the film . 19. "I can swim very well." (Mr. Flash) A) He said he could swam every well. B) Mr. Flash said that he can swam very well. C) He said he can swam very well. D) He said he could swim very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said he could swim very well. 20. Before entering the interviewer's cabin A) Can I come in?. B) May I come in?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May I come in?. 21. The ..... why I want to change my job is this. A) Reason. B) Cause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 22. Perder un nivel means A) Fail. B) Lose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fail. 23. The correct way to ask for someone's age ..... A) How many years do you have?. B) How many years old?. C) How all are you?. D) How old are you?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How old are you?. 24. In my new job I have to make a lot of important ..... A) Choices. B) Selections. C) Decisions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decisions. 25. The person (or force) in conflict with the protagonist A) Rising action. B) Partial rhyme. C) Antagonist. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 26. When Emily started working nights, it took her a long time to ..... up all night and sleeping all day. A) Be used to stay. B) Get used to stay. C) Get usted to staying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get usted to staying. 27. What is the ultimate danger of ignoring passages that don't fit our theology? A) It might change what we believe. B) We might not like what it has to say. C) It is not dangerous at all. D) It is the same thing as ignoring God's speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is the same thing as ignoring God's speaking. 28. Formal letters are signed A) Yours faithfully. B) You're faithfully. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yours faithfully. 29. Which sentence demonstrates correct parallelism? A) She likes to read, to swim, and going for a hike. B) She likes to read, swimming, and hiking. C) She likes reading, to swim, and hike. D) She likes reading, swimming, and hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She likes reading, swimming, and hiking. 30. We finally got to rest ..... a long day's work. A) Later. B) In. C) By. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After. 31. What is missing in this sentence?is the only way for me to get there. A) Subject. B) Verb. C) Punctuation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject. 32. Complete the following sentences ..... I leave early today, or ..... stay? A) Can, have to. B) Am able to; must. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can, have to. 33. Our ..... are really close friends A) Familyes. B) Families. C) Family. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Families. 34. I ..... my job because the working conditions were too harsh. A) Quit. B) Raised. C) Promoted. D) Retired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quit. 35. Three times as many hours are spent playing computer games as reading. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. We try to keep up-to-date with new developments in information technology. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Which suffix(es) would you add to good to make it mean a state of or condition of being good? A) -ion /-tion /-ation /-ition. B) -ing. C) -ness. D) -ful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ness. 38. World news help people stay informed. A) Help. B) World. C) People. D) News. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help. 39. Golf courses in Japan are quite challenging because they are hilly, and the fairways are ..... A) Large. B) Little. C) Wide. D) Narrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrow. 40. She was thinking about travel to Italy. Why is this sentence wrong? A) The verb after the preposition must take the-ing ending according to the "preposition + verb-ing" rule. B) The preposition is not necessary. "That" should be used instead. C) The first tense is wrong. It must be "is thinking". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The verb after the preposition must take the-ing ending according to the "preposition + verb-ing" rule. 41. The man came to the shop to ..... about the poor service got A) Complement. B) Culp. C) Complain. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complain. 42. Beans ..... my stomach. You don't want ..... be around for the ..... A) Effect, to, affect. B) Affect, to, effect. C) Affect, too, effect. D) Effect, too, affect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affect, to, effect. 43. Which suffix would you add to fear to make it mean without fear? A) -ful. B) -less. C) -ing. D) Un-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -less. 44. Jeje jaja, you are so ..... A) Funny. B) Fun. C) Funy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Funny. 45. She organized ..... things. A) Her. B) Hers. C) Your. D) Yours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 46. Then, what would be the correct option? A) I can't get any satisfaction / We don't need any self control. B) I can get no satisfaction / We need no self-control. C) Both options are OK. D) None of the options are OK. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both options are OK. 47. Elle ..... (she is called) A) M'appelle. B) S'appelle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S'appelle. 48. My ..... farm has five different kinds of animals. (grandfather) A) Grandfathers. B) Grandfather's. C) Grandfathers'. D) Grandfathers's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandfather's. 49. I can't ..... the document . (access / assess) A) Access. B) Assess. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Access. 50. Vocab check:Email is now our main mean of communication. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 51. The shoes belong to Sara. They are ..... shoes. A) Her. B) Its. C) His. D) Hers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 52. Have you ever taken part ..... a team competition? A) At. B) On. C) Of. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 53. They stopped at a small petrol station ..... the way to Rome. A) In. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 54. The chef told us not to ..... the food with our dirty hands A) Feel. B) Touch. C) Take. D) Put. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Touch. 55. Contact center agents should resolve customer complaints, provide service's information, and ..... A) Respond to emails. B) Is responding to emails. C) Must respond to emails. D) Should respond to emails. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respond to emails. 56. Vocab check:She became a US citizen. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 57. Some people eat pizza with fork. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. I'm the best ..... A) For the world. B) In the world. C) World. D) On the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the world. 59. On December 1, 1955, another black woman refused to give up her seat. This time, E.D. Nixon believed he had found the woman he believed that could inspire a battle against bus segregation. A) Mary Louise Smith. B) Claudette Colvin. C) Edwina Johnson. D) Rosa Parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rosa Parks. 60. The soldiers ..... to give up their weapons. A) DISAGREED. B) DENIED. C) REFUSED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) REFUSED. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCommon Mistakes Quiz 1Common Mistakes Quiz 2Common Mistakes Quiz 3Common Mistakes Quiz 4Common Mistakes Quiz 5Common Mistakes Quiz 6Common Mistakes Quiz 7Common Mistakes Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books