This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. No sooner had she hung up the phone than it rang again A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 2. He is enough strong to carry the heavy luggage. A) Heavy. B) Luggage. C) Enough strong. D) To carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enough strong. 3. Cat got your tongue? A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 4. The long necks of much plant-eating dinosaurs were useful for reaching up to the treetops to feed. A) Much. B) Were. C) Reaching. D) Useful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Much. 5. To see the statue of Liberty and taking pictures from the top of the Empire State Building are two reasons for visiting New York City. A) From. B) Taking. C) Are. D) For visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking. 6. I really like curry chicken I would have it for dinner every day. A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 7. According to him, watching a football game is as interesting than playing basketball. A) To. B) Is. C) Watching. D) Than. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Than. 8. Sisca was proud (A) herself (B) when she won (C) an English Olympiad for (D) the second time A) For. B) Herself. C) Was proud. D) Won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was proud. 9. In making (A) their calculations, Institute researchers assume that the least costly (B) form of energy would (C) be used (D). A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 10. Identify the mistake:I will eat pizza and I will eat salad. A) I will eat pizza not salad. B) I will eat pizza and salad. C) I will eat pizza or salad. D) I will eat pizza but salad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I will eat pizza and salad. 11. The government requires that a census taken every ten years so that accurate statistics may be compiled. A) Every ten. B) Statistics. C) Taken. D) May be compiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taken. 12. The snake which ate my puppy has been caught A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Prevented the soil from erosion, the trees planted by the farmer many years before were what stopped the flood from reaching his house. A) Before. B) Prevented. C) From reaching. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevented. 14. Between Portia and Franklin, the majority of observers would zealously agree that Franklin is the most intelligent. A) Most. B) The majority of. C) Between. D) Agree that. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most. 15. The student kept her place at the top of the class because she did not rest on her laurels. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 16. Hippocrates believed that good health was dependently on the balance of the four fluids of the body A) Believed. B) Balance. C) Fluids. D) Dependently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependently. 17. Scientists at the medical center is trying to determine if there is a relationship between saccharine and cancer. A) Is trying. B) To determine. C) Is. D) Saccharine and cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is trying. 18. One of the sad moments of the cruise was saying (A) goodbye to Mel, who had sailed (B) with us since we had set (C) sail but whose health problems forced him to leave (D) us at Lagos. A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 19. Weather and geographical conditions may determine the type of transportation using in a region. A) Weather. B) Using in. C) The type of. D) Geographical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using in. 20. Malaysia possesses less petroleum than our country but citizens of Malaysia are more prosperous than we. A) Possesses. B) Are. C) Petroleum. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We. 21. If it were up to me, we would not go on the trip to the zoo. A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 22. Danny spent such enjoyable vacation in Europe this summer that he plans to return as soon as he saves enough money. A) Saves enough money. B) To return. C) Such enjoyable. D) That he. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Such enjoyable. 23. In spite of my father is old, he still goes to work. A) Goes. B) In spite of. C) Work. D) Old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In spite of. 24. Clouds, foggy, (A) and dust (B) in the (C) atmosphere absorb (D) ultra-violet rays. A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 25. There are twenty species of wild roses in North America, all of which have prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and large flowers, which usually smell sweetly. A) Sweetly. B) Are. C) Which. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweetly. 26. The World Health Organization was established in 7 April 1948. A) Organization. B) In. C) Established. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 27. I wish my bother were here. A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 28. It took Donna many weeks to perfect her pirouette, but when she finally mastered it, she wouldn't stop being shown off in front of us. A) Being shown off. B) Wouldn't stop. C) To perfect. D) It took. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being shown off. 29. Neither my brother or my sister knows I have been sick for three months now. No Error A) Knows. B) No error. C) Or. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or. 30. To maintain the flow of energy and nutrients through the system, Ecosystems have a structure which consisting of producers, consumers, and decomposers. A) Structure. B) To maintain. C) Have. D) Consisting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consisting. 31. Identify the error in the sentence: "There is ten students in the class." A) Was. B) Are. C) Be. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 32. I like all flavors of ice cream accept strawberry. How should this sentence be re-written? A) I like all flavors of ice cream beside strawberry. B) I like all flavors of ice cream except strawberry. C) No error. D) I like all flavors of ice cream with the acception of strawberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I like all flavors of ice cream except strawberry. 33. Dengue fever, which is a mosquito-borne infection that causes severely flu-like symptoms, is the biggest killer of children under 10 in the world. A) Under. B) The. C) Severely. D) Mosquito-borne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Severely. 34. Photograph was revolutionized in 1831 by the introduction of the collodion process for making glass negatives. A) By the. B) Photograph. C) Of. D) For making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photograph. 35. The problem with the students is that they arrive late, gives no excuse, and are rude when spoken to. A) No error. B) Gives. C) Spoken. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives. 36. If I was the principal, I would make the student council dedicate their time to issues that concern all students. A) Principal. B) Was. C) Concern all students. D) Council dedicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 37. Choose the correct verb:Each of the students ..... a textbook. A) Having. B) Have. C) Are having. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 38. Kettledrums, what were first played on horseback, were incorporated into the orchestra in the eighteenth century. A) Were. B) Played. C) Into the. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What. 39. John can read the sign language as he used to stay in the deaf friend for three years. A) Read. B) Used. C) Three years. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 40. Mobile telephones have replaced the pagers as the most common accouterments of the up-to-date young businesspersons. A) The pagers. B) Most common. C) Have. D) Up-to-date. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pagers. 41. Jon's daily routine is a little boring but he like it. A) Routine. B) Little. C) Like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like. 42. Both(A) Lisa and Tuti is(B) interested in(C) the(D) field research A) Is. B) In. C) The. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 43. Find the error of the sentencesCommunicating like collaborating and thinking critically become the most demanding skill in 21st century. A) And. B) Become. C) The most. D) Demanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become. 44. The oldest of the triplets is the activest one, perhaps because he intuitively knows that he is the big brother who needs to take care of everyone. A) Because. B) Who. C) Activest. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Activest. 45. It was impossible to choose between the litter, because all of the kittens were just too adorable! A) Between. B) Adorable. C) Kittens. D) , because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 46. The more they advertise, the least expensive things are. A) The least. B) The more. C) Are. D) Advertise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The least. 47. Hundred years ago there were many villages and a little towns in England. A) A little. B) In. C) Years. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A little. 48. On the huge (A) Ferris wheel constructed (B) for a world exhibition in Chicago in 1893, each of (C) the thirty-six cabs could held (D) sixty people. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 49. Which sentence has a possessive apostrophe error? A) James's car is red. B) The dogs' bowls are empty. C) Childrens' toys are everywhere. D) The womens' meeting starts now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Childrens' toys are everywhere. 50. The Netherlands, with much of its land lying lower than the sea level, have a system of dikes and canals for controlling water. A) Much. B) Lying. C) Have. D) Controlling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 51. The imminent feature speaker was overwhelmed when he saw such a large audience awaiting his address. A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 52. Samir works for an (A) Egyptian company who (B) specializes in (C) information technology (D). A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 53. Banks are rushing to merge because consolidations enable them to slash theirs costs and expand. A) Expand. B) Theirs. C) Enable them. D) Are rushing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theirs. 54. Anyone reproducing copyrighted works without permission of the holders of the copyrights are breaking the law. A) Are. B) Reproducing. C) Breaking. D) The law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 55. After flax is washed, dry, beaten, and combed, fibers are obtained for use in making fabric A) Dry. B) Use. C) Are obtained. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry. 56. Most of my father's tool was left for him by his grandfather. A) Most. B) Was. C) For. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 57. What is error recognition? A) Writing perfect sentences. B) Detecting mistakes in sentences. C) Creating complex sentences. D) Memorizing vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detecting mistakes in sentences. 58. Some scientists believe that dinosaurs become extinct when a huge asteroid fell on the Earth. A) Scientists. B) Fell. C) Believe. D) Become. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Become. 59. According to my superior, more than 100.000 residents of Merapi's slope were evacuated to safe places when Merapi was erupt in 2010. A) Were evacuated. B) Was erupt. C) My. D) Residents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was erupt. 60. When a bone is broke into several pieces doctors may pin the pieces together for proper healing. A) Broke. B) Healing. C) Pin. D) Pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesError Recognition Quiz 1Error Recognition Quiz 2Error Recognition Quiz 3Error Recognition Quiz 4Error Recognition Quiz 5Error Recognition Quiz 6Error Recognition Quiz 7Error Recognition Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books