This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The great digital advances of the electronic age, such as integrated circuitry and microcomputer, has been planted in tiny chips. A) Circuitry. B) Great digital. C) Has. D) Planted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 2. If i were you, i will take the chance A) Were. B) Take. C) The chance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 3. My favorite history professor, as well as some of his administrative staff, were asked to resign because fewer students were taking history courses than ever before. A) As well as. B) Than. C) Were. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 4. Spot the mistake:He is tall and he is not good at basketball. A) He is tall although he is not good at basketball. B) He is tall and he is not good at basketball. C) He is tall but he is not good at basketball. D) He is tall or he is not good at basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is tall but he is not good at basketball. 5. Roses (A) don't (B) have the same (C) fragrance like lotuses (D) A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 6. She often spends her evenings to paint or read novels. A) Or read novels. B) Often spends. C) Her evenings. D) To paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To paint. 7. The Humber River and its (A) valley form (B) a major (C) salmon-fishing, lumbering, hunting, and farmer (D) region in western Newfoundland, Canada A) Its. B) Major. C) Farmer. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farmer. 8. For a regular tourist, I noticed recently that the city and its outskirts were not as clean as they used to be. A) For. B) Noticed. C) Outskirts. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 9. I came (A) to class very early so (B) the teacher was (C) late due to (D) heavy traffic. A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 10. We enjoyed (A) ourselves very much at the party, and the food (B) was delicious and (C) plentiful. (D) No error A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 11. Since erecting in 1886, the Statue of Liberty has served as a symbol of freedom. A) Has served. B) Freedom. C) Erecting. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erecting. 12. What is the correct order of adjectives in the sentence: "She bought a ..... dress." A) Silk beautiful red. B) Silk red beautiful. C) Beautiful red silk. D) Red beautiful silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautiful red silk. 13. Spot the error:Everyone should do their best to succeed. A) Everyone should do their best to succeed. B) Everyone should do their best to succeed and thrive. C) Everyone should do his or her best to succeed. D) Everyone should try their best to succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everyone should do his or her best to succeed. 14. The report could not be (A) turned (B) in on time because all the needed (C) work lost (D). A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 15. "I didn't know that you are sick last week." A) Didn't. B) That. C) Know. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 16. We need (A) a little (B) sugars (C) to finish (D) this recipe.(E) A) E. B) D. C) A. D) B. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) C. 17. Some people think (A) that girls shouldn't be (B) allowed to going (C) to university (D). A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 18. Identify the grammatical error:The informations provided were helpful. A) The informations is helpful. B) The informations provided was helpful. C) The information provided were helpful. D) The word 'informations' should be 'information'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The word 'informations' should be 'information'. 19. Among many other program, UNICEF also supports the international Child Rights Information Network. A) Among. B) Also. C) Program. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Program. 20. The state seal still used in Massachusetts designed by Paul Revere, who also designed the first Continental currency. A) Who. B) Designed by. C) Still used. D) The first Continental currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Designed by. 21. You had better to tell her the truth or she'll get angry with you A) The. B) She'll. C) With. D) To tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To tell. 22. Though ..... by the best coach of Taekwondo, she didn't get the gold medal in Sea Games. A) Train. B) Training. C) Having trained. D) Trained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trained. 23. Identify the error in the sentence: "Me and my friends is going to the park." A) My friends and I is. B) Me and my friends are. C) My friends and I are. D) Going to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friends and I are. 24. Tom is the kind of person to who one can talk about anything. A) The kind. B) Anything. C) Can talk. D) To who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To who. 25. A determined hunter, a wolf may cover dozens of miles the day in search of its prey. A) Of miles. B) The day. C) Determined. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The day. 26. Most people from anywhere would support the current president if he stands for society. A) People. B) Support. C) Current. D) Stands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stands. 27. Efforts (A) should be make (B) to offer all children (C) equal access to education (D). A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 28. Identify the error in the sentence: "We has completed our homework." A) Have. B) Having. C) Been. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 29. He are a brilliant person.Is the sentence above correct or incorrect? A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 30. Select the right conjunction:I want to play, I am tired. A) Or. B) So. C) And. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But. 31. What idiom has a meaning "someone should not assume they know something based solely on its outward appearance" ? A) Don't count your chickens before they hatch. B) A penny saved is a penny earned. C) You can't judge a book by its cover. D) We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You can't judge a book by its cover. 32. There were (A) several (B) student (C) absent (D) because of the heavy rain. (E) A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 33. Chanel's black dresses and jackets was stylish, yet they were also comfortable and practical. A) Chanel's black dresses. B) Practical. C) Was. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 34. After a few minutes, I looked up and see it was getting dark. A) Few. B) Looked. C) See. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See. 35. Calcium is known(A) as (B)an (C)nutrient that will (D)decrease hypertension and colonic cancer A) Nutrient. B) An. C) Decrease. D) Known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An. 36. Only (A) a few (B) information (C) was given (D) to the public (E). A) D. B) C. C) E. D) B. E) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 37. Choose the correct form of the verb:'She ..... to the store every Saturday.' A) Go. B) Gone. C) Goes. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goes. 38. The theory of evolution, proposed by Charles Darwin, [A] has change the way [B] scientists [C] understand the development of [D] life on Earth. A) Has change. B) Scientists. C) Understand. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has change. 39. I often look into new words in the dictionary whenever I don't know their meanings. A) Whenever. B) Look into. C) Their. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look into. 40. The salary of a professor is higher than a secretary. A) The salary of. B) A secretary. C) Higher. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A secretary. 41. The median of annual father's (A) working (B) hours has increased dramatically (C) by 890 hours (D) since 1976 and 2014 A) Working. B) Hours has increased. C) By. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 42. Christmas Day that is on Thursday this year is a public holiday. A) Is. B) That. C) On. D) Thursday this year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 43. Most people had (A) written (B) with quill pens until pens (C) with metal points become (D) popular in the middle of the nineteenth century. A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 44. Before ask people to share their secrets with you, share some of yours with them. ( A) Ask. B) Their. C) Yours. D) To share. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ask. 45. The book (A) that you gave me was (B) too bored, so I didn't (C) finish it. (D) No error A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 46. Space figure having six congruen sides is called cube. A) Is. B) Congruen. C) Having. D) Space figure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Congruen. 47. ..... quicksand can be found all over the world, little was known about its composition until recently. A) Although. B) Even. C) Except. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although. 48. The teacher asked if (A) anyone have finished their project (B) before the deadline, so she (C) could review them. (D) No error A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 49. If a person really wants to succeed, they must always work hard A) A person really. B) Wants. C) They. D) Work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They. 50. Although the pecan tree is chiefly value for its fruit, its wood is used extensively for flooring, furniture, boxes, and crates. A) Is. B) For. C) Extensively. D) Value. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Value. 51. The purpose of UNICEF is help provide a better life for children and their mothers. A) The purpose. B) Is help. C) Better life. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is help. 52. Abdul are so shy to meet strangers.Which part is wrong from the sentence above? A) Meet. B) So. C) Strangers. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 53. While Scott enjoys spending time with his brother and sister, he likes his brother best because they have more in common. A) With. B) Best. C) And. D) More in common. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Best. 54. Each object enters the planet's magnetic field is deluged with electrical charges. A) Enters. B) Magnetic field. C) With. D) Charges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enters. 55. Do you have any grapes? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Why is SVA important? A) To avoid using nouns. B) To write faster. C) To sound formal. D) To ensure grammatical correctness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To ensure grammatical correctness. 57. The woman sitting (A) on the red chair is (B) the person to who (C) you must (D) give this envelope. A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 58. 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) Both Samuel and I (B) are much more richer (C) than we (D) used to be. A) B. B) C. C) A. D) E. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 59. On the behalf of(A) the committee, he thanked(A) the supporters for the great(A) and loyalty given(A) to the football team A) Thanked. B) Given. C) Great. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great. 60. They take them to many different places, where they meets many strange and wonderful people, animals, or creatures. A) To. B) Meets. C) Take. D) Where. 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