This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ken needed ..... for his essay, so he did some research at the library. A) Equipments. B) Information. C) Chocolates. D) Instruments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Information. 2. Taking this medication might ..... your sleep. A) Effect. B) Affect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affect. 3. When sound ..... are needed, they can often be dubbed into any motion picture. A) Effects. B) Affects. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effects. 4. She ran upstairs, and ..... my dog chased her. A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 5. You're means ..... A) Ownership. B) Both. C) You are. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You are. 6. Which part of a sentence tells what the subject of the sentence is or does? A) Predicate. B) Phrase. C) Pronoun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate. 7. Carolyns car was hit three different times in one day. A) Carolyns'. B) Carolyns. C) Carolyn's. D) Time's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carolyn's. 8. What is the correct form of the sentence:'One of the student is seriously ill.'? A) One of the students is seriously ill. B) One of the student are seriously ill. C) One of the students are seriously ill. D) One of the student is seriously ill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One of the students is seriously ill. 9. Correct the wrong word:A good secretary should now how to spell. A) Two. B) Well. C) Know. D) Too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Know. 10. It was an ..... change. A) Inexpected. B) Unexpected. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unexpected. 11. The buses for Kennedy Airport ..... every twenty minutes. A) Departs'. B) Depart's. C) Depart. D) Departs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depart. 12. What is the correct form of the verb in 'keep ..... '? A) Keeps. B) Smiling. C) Kept. D) Smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smiling. 13. When do we use 'are' vs 'is'? A) 'Are' is used with singular subjects, while 'is' is used with plural subjects. B) 'Are' is used with plural subjects, while 'is' is used with singular subjects. C) 'Are' is used with both singular and plural subjects interchangeably. D) 'Is' is used only in questions, while 'are' is used in statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'Are' is used with plural subjects, while 'is' is used with singular subjects. 14. Charlie Jerome is the short order cook of Colonial Diner, one of the ..... eating places in New Rochelle. A) Principal. B) Principle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principal. 15. The People's Savings Bank pays 35 per cent inter-est on your ..... A) Principal. B) Principle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principal. 16. They even set up a special table and provided ..... champagne to help us celebrate our anniversary. A) Little. B) Complimentary. C) Few. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complimentary. 17. You should buy that shoes. The seller give you a big bargain. It is totally ..... A) Worth it. B) Worthed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worth it. 18. Everyone in his three classes ..... Mr. Wolf. A) Admire. B) Admires. C) Admire's. D) Admires'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admires. 19. Mike is organizing a meeting. Which sentence uses "who" correctly? A) Who is the person to whom you spoke?. B) To who did you give the book?. C) Whom is going to the meeting tonight?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who is the person to whom you spoke?. 20. Marty who is my sisters new boyfriend is not very bright. A) Marty who is my sisters new boyfriend, is not very bright. B) Marty, who is my sister's new boyfriend is not very bright. C) Marty, who is my sisters' new, boyfriend, is not very bright. D) Marty, who is my sister's new boyfriend, is not very bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marty, who is my sister's new boyfriend, is not very bright. 21. That is an ..... attitude for agrownup person to take. A) Ingenious. B) Ingenuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ingenuous. 22. What is the correct phrase to indicate value? A) Costly. B) Priceless. C) Worth it. D) Valuable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worth it. 23. Are the tenses right in this sentence?" Yesterday I was by your house and you weren't there" A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 24. What is the possessive form of a singular noun ending in 's'? A) Add an apostrophe and 's' (e.g., 'James's book'). B) Just add an apostrophe (e.g., 'the teachers' lounge'). C) Remove the 's' and add 'es'. D) Add 's' without an apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add an apostrophe and 's' (e.g., 'James's book'). 25. Jill's list of tasks needs to be completed by the end of the day. Select the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement. A) The list of tasks are on the board. B) The list of tasks is on the board. C) The list of tasks were on the board. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The list of tasks is on the board. 26. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class. A) Struggled to stay. B) To stay awake. C) Yawning widely. D) In class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yawning widely. 27. What is an appositive phrase? A) A phrase that provides additional information about a verb. B) A type of verb phrase that indicates tense. C) A phrase that describes an action or state of being. D) A noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. 28. Would you like to go to the movies with Julie and ( I/ me)? A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 29. Which sentence uses "council" and "counsel" correctly? A) The council offered their counsel on the matter. B) The city counsel discussed the way they council building officials. C) Spencer received council from the counsel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The council offered their counsel on the matter. 30. What is a participial phrase? A) A phrase that includes a verb and its subject. B) A phrase that includes a participle and any modifiers or complements. It acts as an adjective. C) A phrase that describes a noun without using a verb. D) A phrase that only contains an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A phrase that includes a participle and any modifiers or complements. It acts as an adjective. 31. We spoke to Herbert and ..... only yesterday. A) She. B) Her. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her. 32. I don't have anything to do right now. I am so ..... A) Bored. B) Boring. C) Bore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bored. 33. He's hoping ..... go ..... camp this summer. A) To, too. B) Too, to. C) To, to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To, to. 34. Please hand me my jacket hat and gloves. A) Please, hand me my jacket hat and gloves. B) Please hand me my jacket, hat, and gloves. C) Please, hand me, my jacket, hat, and gloves. D) Please, hand me my jacket, hat and gloves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Please hand me my jacket, hat, and gloves. 35. Which among the following spelled correctly? A) Boqeutte. B) Occassion. C) Liason. D) Accommodate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accommodate. 36. ..... fur is so shiny! A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 37. Choose the sentence with the correct use of pronouns: A) She and me went to the concert. B) Me and her went to the concert. C) She and I went to the concert. D) Her and I went to the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She and I went to the concert. 38. He's so much nicer ..... he used to be. A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Than. 39. ..... time for the bear to leave ..... cave. A) It's / its. B) Its / it's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's / its. 40. Which sentence uses the correct form of "their, " "there, " or "they're" ? A) There going to the park after school. B) Their going too the park after school. C) Their going to the park after school. D) They're going to the park after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They're going to the park after school. 41. I didn't know him ..... A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 42. ..... the best friend I've ever had! A) You're. B) Your. C) Yoar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You're. 43. What is the difference between 'their', 'there', and 'they're'? A) 'Their' is a contraction for 'they are'. B) 'There' refers to a possessive pronoun. C) 'They're' is a place. D) 'Their' is a possessive pronoun, 'there' refers to a place, and 'they're' is a contraction for 'they are'. E) 'Their' refers to a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Their' is a possessive pronoun, 'there' refers to a place, and 'they're' is a contraction for 'they are'. 44. Fix the tense:Yesterday, she go to the store. A) Yesterday, she going to the store. B) Yesterday, she went to the store. C) Yesterday, she gone to the store. D) Yesterday, she goes to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday, she went to the store. 45. What is the correct form of the sentence:'The team have won the championship last year.'? A) The team won the championship last year. B) The team has won the championship last year. C) The team have won the championship last year. D) The teams have won the championship last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The team has won the championship last year. 46. Sandradecided to go with Jim and ..... to the store. A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 47. She's not sure ..... she'll make it home by 6:00pm. A) Weather. B) Whether. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether. 48. ..... an emergency! A) Its. B) It's. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 49. Are you telling me that ..... not coming to the party? A) Their. B) They're. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They're. 50. ..... me to lock the door A) Remember. B) Remind. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remind. 51. ..... dinner is getting cold. A) You're. B) Your. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your. 52. My eccentric uncle often ..... television with real life. A) Confuses. B) Confuse. C) Confuse's. D) Confuses'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confuses. 53. Select the sentence with the correct use of "their", "there", and "they're" . A) They're going to their office over there. B) There going to their office over they're. C) Their going to there office over they're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They're going to their office over there. 54. He was annoying by the loud noise from the construction next door. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. I like English better ..... any other subject. A) Than. B) Then. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Than. 56. Several of our neighbors pumpkins were smashed last Halloween. A) Pumpkin's. B) Pumpkins'. C) Neighbor's. D) Neighbors'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neighbors'. 57. How do you correctly write 'It is' in contraction? A) It is. B) Its. C) It's. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's. 58. I hope ..... teacher won't be mad if ..... late. A) You're, you're. B) Your, your. C) You're, your. D) Your, you're. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your, you're. 59. How do you correctly write 'they are' in contraction? A) They'r. B) They are. C) Theyre. D) They're. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They're. 60. How do you express agreement in a simple way? A) I don't think so. B) I agree. C) That's interesting. D) Maybe later. 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