This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Correction – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Correction Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dolphins are well-known for her playful behaviour. A) Her-their. B) Behaviour-behaviours. C) For-about. D) Well-known-well-know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her-their. 2. Mr Miller jog at the park on Sundays. A) Jogging. B) Jogged. C) Is jogging. D) Jogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jogs. 3. I ride my bike yesterday so my legs are sore. A) Rode. B) Road. C) Rides. D) Ridden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rode. 4. Circle the correct words. 1. The CD player is older / oldest than the MP3 player. A) Older. B) Oldest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Older. 5. Error correction ..... a teaching opportunity. A) Is. B) Is not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 6. I've set my heart on ..... the C1 exam A) To pass. B) Passed. C) Passing. D) Pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passing. 7. The water is boiling. Can you turn it off? A) This is an annoying habit. B) This is a general scientific truth. C) This is a feeling. D) This is an action in progress at the moment of speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This is an action in progress at the moment of speaking. 8. We came out from the tree when it was safe A) Inside. B) On. C) Up. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Down. 9. An incorrect use of language made in a rush or due to fatigue, even though one is aware of the correct form. A) Mistake. B) Error. C) Slip. D) Role Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slip. 10. Identify the error in the sentenceScientists struggling to find (A) ways to prevent cancer have found new hope in the humble grape:a team of researchers at (B) the University of Illionois found that a compound in grape skins can block substances that stimulate(C) tumor growth. No Error (D) A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 11. I write to my friend in New Zealand every month. She live on a big farm near the mountains. A) Correct. B) Mistake. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mistake. 12. Many animals are in risk due to the melting of the polar ice caps. A) In risk. B) Are. C) Due to. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In risk. 13. Maria and Kate ..... drawing pictures at the moment. A) 's. B) Is. C) Am. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 14. Hamming code C(7, 4) can detect up to ..... bit error & can correct up to ..... bit error. A) 3, 2. B) 2, 3. C) 2, 1. D) 1, 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2, 1. 15. What type of the books you like to read? A) Note:The articles a/an or the are not used with words such as (kind of, sort of, type of, etc). B) Of the books-of books. C) You like-you likes. D) Type-types. E) Of the books-of a books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of the books-of books. 16. Do they both work at the supermarket? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. Playing golf isn't as more tiring as playing football A) More. B) Tiring. C) As. D) Football. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More. 18. Choose True or False:Errors are categorized in a number of ways; for example, in terms of the language system that is involved:pronunciation, vocabulary (lexis), grammar, or discourse. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. She told a man that her son was inside the burning house and begged us to save her son. A) Him. B) Her. C) Them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Him. 20. Choose the correct sentence:A. The teacher give us many homeworks. B. The teacher gives us much homework. A) A. The teacher give us many homeworks. B) B. The teacher gives us much homework. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. The teacher gives us much homework. 21. If I will become president, I will help the poor. A) Be. B) Become. C) Going to be. D) Became. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become. 22. Suddenly, she catches a glimpse of the doll. She went and hugged it tightly. A) Catching. B) Caught. C) Catch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caught. 23. Prena was very please with the gift she had received from her best friend on her birthday. A) Was very pleasing. B) Is very pleased. C) Is very pleasing. D) Was very pleased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was very pleased. 24. My whole family was going to Kota Kinabalu for our vacation. We were going to taking the airplane to Kota Kinabalu. A) Takes. B) Take. C) Took. D) Taked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 25. Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.I like being in the center of ..... so I want to be an actor A) Attention. B) Attension. C) Trend. D) Piece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attention. 26. Mr and Turner love their two child so much. A) Children. B) Childs. C) Childrens. D) Child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children. 27. I have made some ..... for you. A) Cake. B) Cakes. C) Cakees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cakes. 28. The divisor in the cyclic code is normally called A) Redundancy. B) Monitor. C) Degree. D) Generator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generator. 29. Be quiet! The baby ..... A) Sleeps. B) Is sleeping. C) Slept. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is sleeping. 30. Do not rearrange materials, re-present initial instruction and simultaneously prompting using most intrusive prompt. This describes which step in the four-step error correction procedure? A) Step 3:Switch. B) Step 4:Retest. C) Step 1:Block. D) Step 2:Prompt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Step 2:Prompt. 31. Besides criticism of some supervisors the chairman still commands respect from the employees. A) Despite criticism from. B) Except the criticism from. C) Unless criticism of. D) Without criticism of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despite criticism from. 32. I'm used to watch Mazinger Z when I was a kid. A) I used watching Mazinger Z when I was a kid. B) I get used to watch Mazinger Z when I was a kid. C) I used to watch Mazinger Z when I was a kid. D) I'm used to watching Mazinger Z when I was a kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I used to watch Mazinger Z when I was a kid. 33. Every class has 30 students A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. In which word is the (first) vowel sound different? A) Measure. B) Pleasure. C) Leisure. D) Seizure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seizure. 35. Its my decision to stay here till this weekend. A) To-too. B) Its-it's. C) Till-to. D) My-mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its-it's. 36. The Hamming distance d(10101, 11110) is ..... A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 37. Kevin ..... (not play) football when I ..... (call) him. He was at home. A) Didn't play/called. B) Wasn't playing/called. C) Wasn't playing/was calling. D) Didn't play/call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't playing/called. 38. You and your sister has been talking too loudly and disturbing everyone. A) Too-to. B) Has-have. C) Your-you're. D) And-which. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has-have. 39. I'm sorry for submiting this assignment late. A) Submitt. B) Submits. C) Submitting. D) Submit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Submitting. 40. I hope the children didn't play you up, Doris?" "No, not at all, Mrs. Garderner.They've been as good as ..... A) Gold. B) Angel. C) Diamond. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold. 41. Have you heard of a homestay village experience above Malaysia? A) At. B) On. C) Up. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 42. She loves to read while listen to music. A) Listening. B) Listens. C) Listened. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listening. 43. A bus runs passed our house. A) Past. B) Pass. C) Ran pass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 44. Identify the error:Astronomers have made up (A) a short list of requirements for making (B) a planet that can support life:the first requirement is that the planet must not be on the (C) collision course with an asteroid or a comet or a planet. No error (D) A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 45. James said to us that he is walking home when he saw the accident A) To. B) Saw. C) Is walking. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is walking. 46. This shirt ..... these jeans A) Looks. B) Matches. C) Suits. D) Fits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Matches. 47. I ..... has done ..... my home work before mum came home yesterday. A) Have done. B) Am doing. C) Will have done. D) Had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had done. 48. 3) Caleb has to working two jobs everyday so that his wife and children would have something to eat. A) Worked. B) Work. C) Worked. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Work. 49. CORRECT THE MISTAKE!The Old Man and the Sea was written for Ernest Hemingway. A) With. B) Of. C) To. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By. 50. Singapore is a popularity (A) travel destination, making (B) tourism one of its largest industries. (C) About 9.7 million tourists visited (D) Singapore in 2006. A) Popularity. B) Industries. C) Making. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Popularity. 51. Cyclic Redundancy check is used in A) Codewords. B) Datawords. C) Network. D) Encryption and Decryption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Network. 52. We were told (A) to plan everything (B) very careful (C) before the journey (D A) Careful. B) Everything. C) Were told. D) Journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Careful. 53. I am go to work at seven o'clock every morning. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 54. A popular festival among the Chinese in Penang are the Chap Goh Mei celebration. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 55. Which of the following setences is/are correct?#1. He said me that he was tired.#2. He told me that he was tired.#3-He said to me that he was tired. A) #1 is correct. B) #1 and #3 are correct. C) #2 is correct. D) #3 is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) #2 is correct. 56. The checksum of 1111 and 1111 is ..... A) 1110. B) 1111. C) 0111. D) 0000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0000. 57. The more you study the better than your marks will be A) Than. B) Study. C) Better. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Than. 58. The taxi arrived promptly on 5 pm. We then quickly loaded our luggage and were off to an airport. A) Under, the. B) In, a. C) The, a. D) At, the. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At, the. 59. Identify the error:The television (A)has had a profound effect on all of us not only because we increasingly spend more time viewing it (B), but because it has developed our abilities to form (C) judgements in all things visual. No error (D) A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 60. The(A) batteries in(B) this radio need(C) to change(D). A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesError Correction Quiz 1Error Correction Quiz 2Error Correction Quiz 3Error Correction Quiz 4Error Correction Quiz 5Error Correction Quiz 6Error Correction Quiz 7Error Correction Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books