This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The United States has import all carpet wools in recent years because domestic wools are too fine and soft for carpets. A) Import. B) All. C) Because. D) Too fine and soft for carpets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Import. 2. While all birds are alike in that they have feathers and lay eggs, ..... great differences among them in terms of size, structure, and color. A) To be. B) If there are. C) But are. D) There are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There are. 3. To the men who worked so hard on the project, the news was profound disappointing. A) Was. B) Hard. C) Who. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profound. 4. Serving several term in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an important United States politician. A) Important. B) Term. C) Politician. D) Serving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Term. 5. Superman, one of the oldest known superheroes comics, had handsome face, strong, and short hair. A) Older. B) Superheroes. C) Had. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Older. 6. ..... are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth century. A) Diamonds, which. B) Because diamonds. C) Diamonds. D) That diamonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That diamonds. 7. A raft of (A) indicator suggested that China's economy (B) is cooling more (C) rapidly than (D) had been thought A) Had been thought. B) Indicator. C) Is cooling more. D) Rapidly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is cooling more. 8. Mandy goes ..... because her last class was cancelled without any confirmation before A) Madder. B) Mad. C) Madly. D) Madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mad. 9. He told me that he had never been in that restaurant before. A) Before. B) Had never been. C) In. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 10. Sandra has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old. A) Not rarely. B) Was seventeen years old. C) A play. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not rarely. 11. We shall to take an umbrella with us so that we don't get wet. A) To take. B) Don't. C) Us. D) Get. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take. 12. I wish I am not fat. A) Wish. B) Am. C) Not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am. 13. Photographs which take with a cheap camera can be surprisingly good if you have suitable light. A) Which take. B) Have. C) Suitable. D) Surprisingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which take. 14. Identify the error in the following sentence:'She sings good.' A) 'Good' should be 'Better'. B) 'She' should be 'Her'. C) 'Sings' should be 'Sing'. D) 'Good' should be 'Well'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Good' should be 'Well'. 15. In the cave was a vast treasure of gems and jewels A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 16. Many students (A) took (B) part in the entrance (C) examination at university highly (D) every year A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 17. How much times did Rick and Jennifer have to do the experiment before they obtained the results they had been expecting? A) Much. B) Did Rick and Jennifer have to. C) Obtained the results. D) Been expecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Much. 18. J. H. Pratt used (group) therapy (early) in this century (when) he brought tuberculosis patients together to discuss (its disease). A) Its disease. B) Group. C) Early. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its disease. 19. The setting sun creating a rainbow of colors in the sky A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. He was reading (A) out the data while (B) Sara wrote (C) it down carefully (D). A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 21. I feel happy as my birthday is coming closer and as close. A) Is coming. B) As close. C) Happy. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As close. 22. There are very few people, that know what the longest word in English is or what it means. A) Know. B) That. C) ,. D) Few people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ,. 23. After several hours of futile research, Paco decided to then take a break before he would resume his search for pertinent data once again. A) Would. B) Futile. C) Then. D) Pertinent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then. 24. The economy is heavy dependent on industry, and economic growth has always been of greater concern than environmental preservation. A) Growth. B) Heavy. C) Of. D) Environmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavy. 25. We expected the show (A) to begin at 7 PM, but (B) it postponed due to (C) technical issues. (D) No error A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 26. Each number in a binary system are formed from only two symbols. A) Are. B) A binary. C) Formed. D) Only two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 27. Not only the players (A) but also the coach were disappointed (B) with the result, (C) despite their effort. (D) No error A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 28. Gloucester, along with many other New England coastal towns, depended with the success of the cod harvest. A) Many. B) Harvest. C) With. D) Coastal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 29. Identify the error in the sentence: "She don't never go to the park." A) Doesn't ever. B) Doesn't never. C) Don't ever. D) Don't none. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't ever. 30. My old computer retrieves information as quick as your smartphone. A) Old. B) Retrieves. C) As quick as. D) Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As quick as. 31. The duties of the secretary are (A) to take (B) the minutes, mailing (C) the correspondence, and calling the members before the meetings.(D) A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 32. He has (A) been working for this company (B) since five years, and (C) he never took a day off. (D) No error A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 33. What is the main idea of the following passage? 'The rain poured down in torrents, flooding the streets and causing chaos in the city.' A) The city is experiencing a drought. B) The rain is causing problems in the city. C) The city is celebrating a festival. D) The streets are clean and dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain is causing problems in the city. 34. I enjoyed study geography at school and now I have enrolled at the Faculty of Social Science. A) At. B) Study. C) At. D) Have enrolled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study. 35. 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) Although he has lived in England (B) since he was fifteen, (C) he still speaks English (D) much badly. A) B. B) E. C) A. D) C. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) D. 36. Identify the error in the sentence: "The flowers smells good." A) Smelt. B) Smelling. C) Smell. D) Smelted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 37. That water has a very high specific heat means that without a large temperature change water can add or lose a large number of heat. A) Number. B) Means. C) Add. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number. 38. In my first encounter with Lita's parents, I began to break the ice by talking about family matters. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 39. The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable. A) Made. B) For. C) Progress. D) In space. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 40. Identify the error in the following sentence:'If I was you, I would take the offer.' A) 'Offer' should be 'Offers'. B) 'Was' should be 'Were'. C) 'You' should be 'Me'. D) 'Take' should be 'Took'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'Was' should be 'Were'. 41. These games are challenging, but it's not easy to spend little time playing them. A) Little. B) But. C) Are. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 42. One of the boys were unlucky and met with a bad accident on the eve of his examination. A) Met with. B) Bad accident. C) Were. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 43. Hawkeye was a character who James Fenimore Cooper created for The Last of the Mohicans. A) Who. B) For. C) Hawkeye. D) Created. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 44. It is common for Japanese to adapt foreign customs and make them their own. A) Is. B) Japanese. C) And. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japanese. 45. Which word is often misspelled? A) Library. B) February. C) Calendar. D) Resturant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resturant. 46. I had so few(A) job offers(B) that its(C) was not difficult(D) to select one A) Difficult. B) Few. C) Its. D) Offers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 47. In our city, July is more crowded month for taking vacations. A) Taking. B) In. C) For. D) More crowded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More crowded. 48. The smallest and simple living organisms on Earth are bacteria. A) Living. B) Are. C) On. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple. 49. While the trick may look effortlessly, the actual execution of a perfect double back handspring is quite tricky to achieve successfully. A) Quite tricky. B) May. C) Execution of. D) Effortlessly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effortlessly. 50. In my opinion, more than 500.000 kilos of hot lava have been spewed from Merapi's new crater during the eruption of Merapi in 2010. A) Have been spewed. B) My. C) More. D) Merapi's new crater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been spewed. 51. Question 10. The (A) Chinese is (B) very famous for (C) their food (D). A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 52. Identify the error in the sentence: "Her's is the best project in the class." A) Her. B) Hers'. C) Hers. D) Her's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hers. 53. Lawrence Robert Klein received (A) the 1980 Nobel Prize in economics for pioneering (B) the useful of (C) computers to forecast economic activities (D). A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 54. 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) While he was (B) on holiday last year, (C) he wrote a long poetry (D) about the sea. A) E. B) D. C) A. D) C. E) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 55. As soon as he will come back from his office, tell him to see me. A) Will come. B) To see. C) Soon. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will come. 56. Bronze after being heated by a strong flame will change color, especially when exposure to hydrogen. A) Will. B) After being. C) To. D) Exposure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposure. 57. I like travelling by air (A) because it is fast (B), safe (C) and it is convenient (D). A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 58. Disease, pollute, and limited distribution are factors that threaten various plant and animal species. A) Factors. B) Are. C) Threaten. D) Pollute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollute. 59. A jet stream is a flat and narrow tube of air that moves more rapid than the surrounding air. A) Flat and narrow. B) Air. C) Rapid. D) Surrounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rapid. 60. Identify the error in the sentence: "We was late for the meeting." A) Were. B) Been. C) Are. D) Is. 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