This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My father doesn't allow me to go to the competition. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. This bed, where he used to rest on, is made of wood. A) Of. B) Is made. C) Used to. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where. 3. He can easily recognises his old friends as he bumps into them. A) As. B) Bumps. C) Into. D) Recognises. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recognises. 4. They both worked together in collaboration in order to complete the project. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 5. One of the latest methods of quarrying stone is to cutting the stone with a jet torch. A) To cutting. B) Of quarrying. C) The latest. D) With a. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cutting. 6. It is (A) customary offering (B) a drink or a snack to (C) guests when they enter (D) the waiting room. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 7. You are always driving your car such fast that you often cause accidents. A) Such. B) Are always driving. C) Cause accidents. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Such. 8. Whoever turned in the last test did not put their name on the paper. A) Put. B) On the paper. C) The last. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 9. John could not call us because of his mobile phone was out of battery. A) Could not. B) Out of (because). C) Mobile. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of. 10. Jet propulsion involves (A) the ignition of a mixture of air and fuel, on which(B) forms (C) a powerful exhaust (D). A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 11. Find the mistake:He runs fast or he is late. A) He runs fast although he is late. B) He runs fast but he is late. C) He runs fast so he is late. D) He runs fast therefore he is late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He runs fast but he is late. 12. Yesterday Lan went (A) to (B) the cinema with (C) her friendship (D). A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 13. The artist painted the picture using bold colors, abstract shapes, and using a unique perspective A) Painted. B) Colors. C) Shapes. D) Using. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using. 14. After trying many chairs in the furniture store, Mr. Joko found that the small chair was a lot more comfortable among the others. A) Found. B) Chairs. C) A lot more comfortable. D) Furniture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A lot more comfortable. 15. You should finish you work today. A B C D A) Should. B) Work. C) Today. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You. 16. I found my new contact lenses strangely at first, but I got used to them in the end. A) In the end. B) Got used. C) Strangely. D) My new. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strangely. 17. When Louis is alone and lonely, he entertains him by playing guitar and singing alone. A) Entertains. B) Is. C) Alone. D) Him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Him. 18. Flight is less demanding for small birds that it is for large ones, but small birds need more energy to stay warm. A) Demanding. B) That. C) Ones. D) To stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 19. The awkward tension between Sam and I was, as it turns out, completely one-sided A) Awkward. B) Sam and I. C) Completely one-sided. D) As it turns out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam and I. 20. He adores (A) to go (B) to the parties (C) at weekends (D) with his close friend. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 21. Mai has stayed (A) on (B) her uncle's (C) farm for (D) last week. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 22. Designers of athletic footwear finely tune each category of shoes to its particular activity by study human motion and physiology. A) Shoes. B) Finely. C) Study. D) Tune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Study. 23. Since he started (A) primary school, he helped (B) his mother prepare meals, (C) do the washing up and take care (D) of his younger sister. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 24. (Grammar)Engineers ..... for work on the new space program. A) Necessary. B) Next month. C) Are needed. D) Hopefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are needed. 25. Mosquitoes will accepts the malaria parasite at only one stage of the parasite's complex life cycle. A) Only one. B) Accepts. C) Malaria. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accepts. 26. A turtle differs from all other reptiles in that its body is encased in a protective shell of their own. A) From. B) Own. C) Protective. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 27. She hates see (A) people using their (B) smartphone at (C) the table dinner (D). A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 28. Identify the error in the sentence: "Neither of the boys are coming to the party." A) Were. B) Aren't. C) Isn't. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 29. People who experience less health problems are more likely to be happier and less depressed than their unhealthy counterparts. A) Who. B) Than. C) Happier. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less. 30. The native people of the Americans are called Indians because when Columbus landed in Bahamas in 1942, he thought that he has reached the East Indies. A) Are called. B) Because. C) In 1942. D) Has reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has reached. 31. The most widely-used material for package consumer goods is cardboard. A) Is. B) Widely-used. C) Package. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Package. 32. Find the mistake in the sentence below. Click on the letter of the section where the mistake occurs. If there is no mistake choose E.(A) When I reached to the library (B) on the third floor, (C) I found that (D) it was closed. A) A. B) E. C) D. D) C. E) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 33. You had better to review the lessons carefully before the test. A) To review. B) Carefully. C) Before. D) Had better. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To review. 34. The reason (A) why he left the job was (B) because he wanted (C) to study abroad. (D) No error A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 35. Identify the error in the following sentence:'The number of participants have increased.' A) 'Increased' should be 'Increase'. B) 'Have' should be 'Has'. C) 'Participants' should be 'Participant'. D) 'Number' should be 'Numbers'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'Have' should be 'Has'. 36. We are going to (A) visit our (B) grandparents when (C) we will finish (D) our final exams. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 37. Which collective noun uses a singular verb? A) The staff disagree. B) The jury decides today. C) The team are arguing. D) The committee debate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The jury decides today. 38. If your friends come to visit, will they stay in a hotel or at your house? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 39. Find the mistake in the sentence below. Click on the letter of the section where the mistake occurs. If there is no mistake choose E.(A) He would have lent me (B) a pen if he knew (C) that I had left (D) mine at home. A) C. B) A. C) B. D) E. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 40. The politician spoke fastly, passionately, persuasively, and convincingly. A) Confincingly. B) Spoke. C) Fastly. D) Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fastly. 41. The number of homeless people in Haiti have increased sharply due to that severe hurricane. A) Due to. B) Severe. C) Have. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 42. In the past The Egyptians discovered (A) that drying fruit (B) preserved it (C), made it sweeter, and improvement (D) its flavour. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 43. When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A) Sinking. B) When. C) The. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinking. 44. Question 7. Teenagers are young too (A) to get involved (B) in (C) a romantic relationship (D). A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 45. Low blood pressure is only a problem if it has a negatively impact on the body. A) If. B) Is. C) Negatively. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negatively. 46. Correct the sentence:He go to the gym every day. A) He goes to the gym every day. B) He goes to gym every days. C) He go to gym every day. D) He going to the gym every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He goes to the gym every day. 47. He knows to repair the carburettor without taking the whole car apart. A) Taking. B) Apart. C) Knows. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knows. 48. Can I take help you with something? A B C D A) Take. B) Can. C) With. D) Something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take. 49. Since time immemorial, the drugstore has been situated at Barnes Road. A) The sentence is faulty in diction or contains grammatical errors. B) The sentence is too wordy or redundant. C) The sentence contains cliches and or mis-used metaphors. D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sentence contains cliches and or mis-used metaphors. 50. It is (A) his sister that (B) was given (C) this present on her last birthday (D). A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 51. Find the error of the sentencesHow do we interact with others depends on what media we use to communicate. A) How do we. B) Others. C) On. D) Interact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How do we. 52. New Year Day is the day where all family members gather and enjoy it together. A) Gather. B) The day. C) Together. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where. 53. Shall I bring your jacket? A B C D A) Shall. B) Bring. C) Your. D) Jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shall. 54. You mustn't take flowers to your hostess if you don't want to. A) Hostess. B) Don't. C) Mustn't. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mustn't. 55. Bluegrass music is a kind of country music who was pioneered by Bill Monroe of Rosine, Kentucky. A) A kind. B) Of. C) Who. D) Pioneered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 56. I am a teacher, am not I? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. What is the literary device used in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees." A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 58. Either Cassie or Marie pays the employees this afternoon. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 59. At least one sample of each of (A) the brands contains (B) measurable amounts of aflatoxin, and there is (C) three which exceed (D) the maximum. A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 60. Correct the sentence:The group of friends were excited for the trip. A) The groups of friends was excited for the trip. B) The group of friends are excited for the trip. C) The group of friends were excited for the trip. D) The group of friends was excited for the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The group of friends was excited for the trip. 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