This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The children (collect) ..... the chestnuts after they (fall) ..... from the tree. A) Collected, fell. B) Collected, had fell. C) Collected, had fallen. D) Collected, have falleb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collected, had fallen. 2. Do you like ..... ? A) Swiming. B) To swimming. C) Swim. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swimming. 3. They didn't see ..... at the office. A) Nobody. B) Anybody. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anybody. 4. The houses were destroyed ..... strong winds. A) For. B) By. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By. 5. He left at 3 am. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 6. ..... to Thomas, the bridge will be repaired soon. A) According. B) Acorrding. C) Acording. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) According. 7. He was found guilty for murder. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 8. Don't go out in the night. A) At night. B) In night. C) In the night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At night. 9. He was a man of ..... and good to his word A) Principle. B) Principal. C) Principple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principle. 10. Joe ..... football on Monday at 5pm. A) Is paying. B) Play. C) Is played. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is paying. 11. I feel ..... about the exam. A) Worry. B) Worried. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worried. 12. Which is the mistake when someone reads the Bible as a collection of moral tales? A) I don't know. B) Ignoring passages of the Bible. C) Treating the Bible allegorically. D) Fairy tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treating the Bible allegorically. 13. Choose the correct word to finish this sentence:He went over ..... A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 14. Correct or incorrect:Luis goes to home at 7 pm. A) That's correct. B) That's incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That's incorrect. 15. I will contact you as soon as I will/have finished the report. A) A) will. B) B) have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) have. 16. Mr Smith has arrived in London. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 17. Is it true that $3^3=9$ A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 18. We ..... that rocket scientists and brain surgeons are super-brainy. A) Want. B) Need. C) Suggest. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Think. 19. "Emmett Till's murder by white men during the summer of 1955 shocked the nation and helped galvanize the civil rights movement." Here "galvanize" means ..... A) A refusal to buy or use goods and services to show disapproval or bring about change. B) To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose. C) To clear a person of criminal charges; to declare not guilty. D) Having to do with citizenship; community minded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose. 20. Your pencil is the same ..... mine. A) As. B) No word needed. C) For. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As. 21. Elke's very careful of her health. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 22. Look at this video that I found ..... Youtube. A) At. B) In. C) Through. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On. 23. Those are ..... cameras. A) Her. B) She. C) He. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 24. Many people like to go on vacation in the summer. A) People like. B) People likes. C) Peoples like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People like. 25. The main character in a story A) Character traits. B) Resolution. C) Theme. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 26. My friends and I go ..... every weekend in Shinjuku. A) To drinking. B) Drink. C) Drinking. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinking. 27. Which one is an adjective (Position:before a noun) A) Everyday. B) Every day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyday. 28. What's your PIN number? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 29. She likes to go on internet in the evenings. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. After lunch, I always ..... down on the sofa. A) Lie. B) Lay. C) Lain. D) Laid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lie. ← 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