This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence does NOT work for "there" ? A) There never was a friendlier person. B) There just isn't enough time to talk about it. C) There is a spider on my arm!. D) There dog just died. How sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There dog just died. How sad. 2. What is the correct phrase to indicate a requirement? A) Must. B) Might. C) Have to. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have to. 3. ..... from Middleton. A) Wear. B) Where. C) We're. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We're. 4. What is the correct form of the sentence:'Each of the players are ready for the match.'? A) Each of the players were ready for the match. B) Each of the players are ready for the matches. C) Each of the players is ready for the match. D) Each of the player is ready for the match. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each of the players is ready for the match. 5. Turn on the computer, ..... open the file. A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 6. The results of the study showing that motivation is the most essential factor for language learners' success. A) Complete Sentence. B) Sentence Fragment/Incomplete Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence Fragment/Incomplete Sentence. 7. That is ..... pencil. A) You're. B) Your. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your. 8. ..... sister is the best player on the team. A) Jenny and Kevin's. B) Jenny's and Kevin's. C) Jenny and Kevins'. D) Jennys' and Kevins'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jenny and Kevin's. 9. A number of books ..... missing from the library shelf after the renovation. A) Has. B) Have. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 10. Correct the sentence:Each of the students have completed their homework. A) Each of the students has completed their homework. B) All of the students has completed their homework. C) Each student have completed their homework. D) Each of the students have completed their homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Each of the students has completed their homework. 11. What is the correct way to express a choice:'neither' or 'nither'? A) Neither. B) Nither. C) Either. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither. 12. What is the difference between 'then' and 'than'? A) 'Then' refers to a time or sequence, while 'than' is used for comparisons. B) 'Than' refers to a time or sequence, while 'then' is used for comparisons. C) Both 'then' and 'than' can be used interchangeably in sentences. D) 'Then' is used for comparisons, while 'than' refers to a time or sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Then' refers to a time or sequence, while 'than' is used for comparisons. 13. Your coat is hanging up over ..... A) They're. B) Their. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 14. We ..... playing outside yesterday. A) Wear. B) Were. C) We're. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 15. She likes to go shopping with both my brother and ..... A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 16. Sometimes when I'm in the car with my parents, I don't know ..... we are going. A) We're. B) Were. C) Where. D) Wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 17. I think you can buy that paper in a ..... store. A) Stationary. B) Stationery. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stationery. 18. Choose the sentence that uses "principal" INCORRECTLY. A) The principal of the firm is respected. B) Gerrit stayed true to his principal, refusing to compromise. C) The principal amount of the loan is $ 10, 000. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerrit stayed true to his principal, refusing to compromise. 19. Is this sentence correct?" I have visited The Lake last month" A) Yes. B) No. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 20. What is the correct way to express a condition:'if' or 'whether'? A) Unless. B) Whether. C) If. D) Although. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If. 21. Correct the following:Yesterday, my friend sarah and me went to the park. A) Yesterday, my friend sarah and I went to the park. B) Yesterday, my friend Sarah and I went to the park. C) Yesterday, my friend Sarah and me went to the park. D) Yesterday my friend sarah and me went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday, my friend Sarah and I went to the park. 22. We have ..... pieces of cake, if you want one. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 23. I need to ..... down. A) Lay. B) Lie. C) Lye. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lie. 24. How do you punctuate an appositive phrase? A) An appositive phrase should be set off by commas if it is non-restrictive (not essential to the meaning of the sentence). B) An appositive phrase should always be enclosed in parentheses regardless of its type. C) An appositive phrase should be separated by dashes if it is essential to the meaning of the sentence. D) An appositive phrase should never be punctuated and should flow with the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An appositive phrase should be set off by commas if it is non-restrictive (not essential to the meaning of the sentence). 25. Will you ..... these books on the table for me, please? A) Lay. B) Lie. C) Laye. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lay. 26. We saw a movie and ..... went to dinner. A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 27. We were late so we ..... to school. A) Hurried. B) Gone. C) Tried. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurried. 28. Don't look so (incredible, incredulous) when I tell you these things. They're true! A) Incredible. B) Incredulous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incredulous. 29. Which among the following words is misspelled? A) Miniature. B) Mischievous. C) Manoeuver. D) Millennium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manoeuver. 30. That's a personal matter between Jules and ; why don't you keep out of it? A) We. B) Us. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Us. 31. ..... hair looks nice today. A) Your. B) You're. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your. 32. What is the correct form:'I am agree' or 'I agree'? A) I am agreeing. B) I agree. C) I agrees. D) I am agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I agree. 33. The spy will be ..... A) Hung. B) Hanged. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hanged. 34. How can we avoid overuse of adverbs? A) Being lazy. B) Train the eye to catch the adverbs. C) Know them all. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Train the eye to catch the adverbs. 35. Identify the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks: A) I can't believe it, " she exclaimed. B) "I can't believe it, she exclaimed.". C) "I can't believe it" she exclaimed. D) "I can't believe it, " she exclaimed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I can't believe it, " she exclaimed. 36. Which change should be made?A panicky pale pessimistic student stared blankly at the test. A) Panicky, pale, pessimistic. B) Student,. C) Panicky, pale pessimistic. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panicky, pale, pessimistic. 37. I know that ..... going to jail. They were caught! A) They're. B) They're. C) Their. D) There. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They're. 38. Verbals function as verbs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. I voted for Megat, ..... my friends recommended. A) Who. B) Whom. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whom. 40. Berta will have dinner at ..... house tonight. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 41. What is parallel structure in writing? A) It is the use of different grammatical structures in a series of words, phrases, or clauses to create confusion. B) It is the use of the same grammatical structure in a series of words, phrases, or clauses to create balance and clarity. C) It is the repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. D) It is the use of complex sentences to convey intricate ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the use of the same grammatical structure in a series of words, phrases, or clauses to create balance and clarity. 42. I like ..... coffee A) To drinking. B) To drink. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To drink. 43. Michael and ..... take our puppy for a walk every day, even when it rains. A) Me. B) I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 44. The committee ..... this situation carefully, lest the situation spiral out of control. A) Debate. B) Debates. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Debates. 45. Which phrase is correct:'I must to go' or 'I must go'? A) I must gone. B) I must to go. C) I must go. D) I must going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I must go. 46. Which is correct:'I am going too the store' or 'I am going to the store'? A) I am going too the store. B) I am going to the store. C) I am going to the store now. D) I am going to store the. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am going to the store. 47. Choose the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement. A) The group of students were going on a trip. B) The group of students is going on a trip. C) The group of students be going on a trip. D) The group of students are going on a trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The group of students is going on a trip. 48. This is one of the side ..... of this medication. A) Affects. B) Effects. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effects. 49. They are not going to ..... this game. A) Loose. B) Lose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lose. 50. What are some common grammar mistakes? A) Past and present tense. B) Is/are. C) Not apostrophes. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not apostrophes. 51. What is a common grammar mistake involving possessive pronouns? A) Using 'there', 'they're', and 'their' interchangeably. The correct form for possession is 'their'. B) Confusing 'its' and 'it's' in sentences. C) Using 'who's' instead of 'whose' in questions. D) Mixing up 'your' and 'you're' in written communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using 'there', 'they're', and 'their' interchangeably. The correct form for possession is 'their'. 52. The pumpkin patch is over ..... by the river. A) There. B) They're. C) Their. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 53. Thank goodness the ..... has finally improved! A) Whether. B) Weather. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weather. 54. Don't forget to ..... my e-mail A) Replay. B) Reply. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reply. 55. ..... like fried rice. It is very delicious A) I'm. B) I. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 56. Select the right form:The committee (decide/decides) on the new policy tomorrow. A) Decide. B) Decides. C) Deciding. D) Decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decides. 57. What is subject-verb agreement? A) It refers to the relationship between the subject and the object in a sentence. B) It means that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural). C) It is a grammatical rule that applies only to adjectives. D) It indicates the tense of the verb in relation to the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It means that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural). 58. Which of the following is NOT a sentence fragment? A) A time of wonder and amazement. B) Shows no improvement in your understanding. C) Because it was raining. D) I walked slowly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I walked slowly. 59. Identify the error:She don't like to play soccer. A) She isn't like to play soccer. B) She doesn't like to play soccer. C) She doesn't likes to play soccer. D) She don't wants to play soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She doesn't like to play soccer. 60. I wanted to win more ..... my opponent. A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. 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