This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My friend George, that (A) arrived late (B), was not permitted (C) to enter (D) the class. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 2. Which compound subject uses a plural verb? A) Bread and butter is my favorite. B) Tom and Jerry argues daily. C) Peanut butter and jelly are tasty. D) Neither the teacher nor the student know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peanut butter and jelly are tasty. 3. The median of annual mothers' working hours has increased dramatically by 960 hours since 1979 and 2009 A) Has increased. B) By. C) Since. D) Working hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 4. Academic studies, social life, part-time or full-time jobs, and relationships is often more important than sleep. A) Or. B) Is. C) Sleep. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 5. She invite me to come to her birthday party. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Dogs that are trained to lead the blind must be loyalty, intelligent and calm. A) Dogs that. B) Trained. C) Loyalty. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loyalty. 7. Lifestyle changes including weight loss, decreased salt intake, physical exercise, and a healthy diet. A) Physical. B) Healthy. C) Decreased. D) Including. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Including. 8. Laila:you look so TIRING. Are you alright?Sahnas:I don't know. I just feel A LITTLE BIT dizzy. MAYBE I SHOULD GO home now. A) Maybe. B) Should go. C) Tiring. D) A little bit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tiring. 9. The Indians of the southwestern United States are famous for their art work, especially handmade jewelry cast from silver, carved from stones, or decorations with beads and feathers. A) Are. B) Art work. C) Especially. D) Decorations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decorations. 10. The robber punch the victim and ran away with the money. A) The. B) With. C) Punch. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punch. 11. The victims of the earthquake showed their appreciation to the localization area officials for their help A) Localization. B) For. C) Appreciation. D) Help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Localization. 12. In Vietnam, at the dinner table, you should serve the adults the first and then the children. A) The. B) Then. C) The first. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first. 13. A hawk swallows its food in large pieces, digests some of it, and regurgitating the rest. A) Pieces. B) Regurgitating. C) Its. D) Some. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regurgitating. 14. The crate of oranges and bananas which I ordered a few months ago were delivered later than was promised. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 15. To overcome (A) rejection of a skin graft, a system for matching (B) donor and recipient (C) tissues has be (D) developed. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 16. Choose the correct revision for the following sentence.The teams victory was well-deserved. A) The teams's victory was well-deserved. B) The teams victory, was well-deserved. C) The team's victory, was well-deserved. D) The team's victory was well-deserved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The team's victory was well-deserved. 17. Archaeopteryx, one of the oldest known(A) prehistoric birds(B) had(C) shard teeth, three fingers for claws, but(D) a long bony tail. A) But. B) Had. C) Known. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But. 18. Boss is used to fly after having crossed the continent many times during the past decade. A) To fly. B) Many times. C) Past decade. D) Having crossed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To fly. 19. Identify the error in the following sentence:'The data was analyzed by the team.' A) 'Team' should be 'Teams'. B) 'Data' should be 'Datum'. C) 'Analyzed' should be 'Analyze'. D) 'Was' should be 'Were'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Was' should be 'Were'. 20. If you want, I'll car the wash for you.A B C D A) If. B) You. C) Want. D) Car the wash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Car the wash. 21. The United States National Labor Relations Board is authorized to investigation allegations of unfair labor practices on the part of either employers or employees A) Or. B) To investigation. C) On the part. D) Is authorized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To investigation. 22. Your level of knowledge and skills are so high that you will complete the task effortlessly. A) Skills. B) Effortlessly. C) Are. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 23. Wearing uniforms help students feel equal whether they are rich or poor. A) Wearing. B) Help. C) Feel. D) Whether. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help. 24. He (A) said he would go (A) to (C) England next week (D). A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 25. Safer (A) a city is, the (B) more liveable (C) it becomes (D). A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 26. A twenty-one-year-old man became (A) the second casualty yesterday when (B) he loses (C) control (D) of his truck. A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 27. Congenital heart disorders comprise such anomalies as patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of aortic, atrial septal defect or Fallot's tetralogy. A) Or. B) Comprise. C) Aortic. D) Congenital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aortic. 28. The skeleton of a (A) shark is made of (B) cartilage rather than (C) having bone (D). A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 29. Steve did not win the prize, nor did he expect to do so A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 30. Since Molly won first place and Meg won second, she was honored at the awards ceremony after dinner. A) At. B) Won. C) After dinner. D) She was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was. 31. His sister (A) finds jogging healthy (B), but (C) she practices it regularly (D). A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 32. This area has a high concentration of computer-related companies that makes and use silicon chips. A) Has. B) Makes. C) That. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes. 33. He had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test tomorrow. A) Some. B) On it on. C) Carefully. D) To review. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To review. 34. If Rudy would have studied German in college, he would not have found the scientific terminology so difficult to understand. A) Would have studied. B) In college. C) The scientific. D) So difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have studied. 35. High blood pressure may not have some symptoms and so hypertension has been labeled "the silent killer." A) Some. B) Labeled. C) High. D) Silent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some. 36. Our lawyer advised we to request an audit from the tax office. A) Tax. B) We. C) From. D) An. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We. 37. The man ..... she invited was the son of the Governor A) With whom. B) Whom. C) To whom. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whom. 38. Error Recognition USM STANNot all people understand that every country is having its own unique culture and tradition A) People. B) Understand. C) Is having. D) Unique. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is having. 39. We are looking for (A) a (B) honest person to work (C) for our (D) company. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 40. The letter from the scholarship committee said that he had selected to be one of the recipients of the prestigious $ 10, 000 scholarship because of his excellent grades and volunteer work. A) From the scholarship committee. B) One of the recipients of. C) Because of his excellent grades and volunteer work. D) Had selected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had selected. 41. There are some students who went to the library yesterday to borrow some novels. A) There are. B) To borrow. C) Who. D) The library. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are. 42. There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the Italian earthquake. A) About. B) On the. C) There was. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 43. Even though a member has drank too much the night before, the counselors at Alcoholics Anonymous will try to convince him or her to sober up and stop drinking again. A) To convinve. B) Has drank. C) Before. D) Too much. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has drank. 44. Nobody know when the process of glass-making was invented. A) Know. B) Invented. C) Process. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know. 45. Identify the error in the sentence: "I seen him at the store yesterday." A) Sees. B) See. C) Saw. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 46. Harvey seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does too. A) Pays his bills. B) His. C) Does too. D) On time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does too. 47. Political science, alike the other social sciences, is not an exact science. A) Sciences. B) Alike. C) An exact. D) Other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alike. 48. Which sentence uses a metaphor? A) He is as brave as a lion. B) The stars are shining brightly. C) She sings like an angel. D) The world is a stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The world is a stage. 49. The discovery of [A] penicillin by Alexander Fleming is [B] consider one of the [C] most important milestones in [D] medical history. A) Penicillin. B) Consider. C) Medical. D) Most. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consider. 50. The police did not arrive in time to save the girl, and neither did the paramedics. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 51. A lightning flash produces electromagnetic waves traveled along the Earth's magnetic for long distances. A) Traveled. B) Along. C) A lightning. D) For long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traveled. 52. We only get home with our son from France yesterday. A) We. B) Our. C) Get home. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get home. 53. The renewable energy sources, preferring over fossil fuels due to their lower environmental impact, can help tackle climate change. A) To. B) Preferring. C) Tackle. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 54. Select the word that is correctly spelt. A) Manufactured. B) Payed. C) Beleive. D) Hygene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manufactured. 55. If he was a millionaire, he would stop working at once A) Was. B) Stop. C) Working. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 56. All the candidates for the scholarship will be equally treated regarding of their sex, age, or nationality. A) Candidates. B) Scholarship. C) Regarding. D) Nationality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regarding. 57. A mayor is a person which represents a town or a city. A) Represents. B) Mayor. C) Which. D) Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which. 58. A teacher should crack some jokes during his lesson to make sure that his students do not feel boring. A) During. B) Boring. C) To make sure. D) Should crack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boring. 59. People who hate the pollution emitted by cities also tend to have despised the large companies that create the pollution. A) Also. B) That create. C) Have despised. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have despised. 60. Climbing the hill, my backpack got heavier. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. ← 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