This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. The most widely-used material for package consumer goods is cardboard. A) Package. B) Widely-used. C) Is. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Package. 3. 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) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 4. You had better to review the lessons carefully before the test. A) Before. B) To review. C) Carefully. D) Had better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To review. 5. The reason (A) why he left the job was (B) because he wanted (C) to study abroad. (D) No error A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 6. Identify the error in the following sentence:'The number of participants have increased.' A) 'Participants' should be 'Participant'. B) 'Number' should be 'Numbers'. C) 'Increased' should be 'Increase'. D) 'Have' should be 'Has'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Have' should be 'Has'. 7. We are going to (A) visit our (B) grandparents when (C) we will finish (D) our final exams. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 8. Which collective noun uses a singular verb? A) The team are arguing. B) The jury decides today. C) The committee debate. D) The staff disagree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The jury decides today. 9. 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. 10. 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) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 11. The politician spoke fastly, passionately, persuasively, and convincingly. A) Politician. B) Fastly. C) Spoke. D) Confincingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fastly. 12. The number of homeless people in Haiti have increased sharply due to that severe hurricane. A) Due to. B) Severe. C) Of. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 13. In the past The Egyptians discovered (A) that drying fruit (B) preserved it (C), made it sweeter, and improvement (D) its flavour. A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 14. When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A) When. B) The. C) Some. D) Sinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinking. 15. Question 7. Teenagers are young too (A) to get involved (B) in (C) a romantic relationship (D). A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 16. Low blood pressure is only a problem if it has a negatively impact on the body. A) Negatively. B) Is. C) If. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negatively. 17. Correct the sentence:He go to the gym every day. A) He go to gym every day. B) He goes to the gym every day. C) He going to the gym every day. D) He goes to gym every days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He goes to the gym every day. 18. He knows to repair the carburettor without taking the whole car apart. A) Taking. B) Knows. C) Apart. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knows. 19. Can I take help you with something? A B C D A) Something. B) Can. C) Take. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take. 20. 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. 21. It is (A) his sister that (B) was given (C) this present on her last birthday (D). A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 22. Find the error of the sentencesHow do we interact with others depends on what media we use to communicate. A) Interact. B) On. C) Others. D) How do we. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How do we. 23. New Year Day is the day where all family members gather and enjoy it together. A) Where. B) Together. C) Gather. D) The day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where. 24. Shall I bring your jacket? A B C D A) Shall. B) Bring. C) Your. D) Jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shall. 25. You mustn't take flowers to your hostess if you don't want to. A) Hostess. B) Mustn't. C) To. D) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mustn't. 26. Bluegrass music is a kind of country music who was pioneered by Bill Monroe of Rosine, Kentucky. A) Who. B) Pioneered. C) Of. D) A kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 27. 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. 28. What is the literary device used in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees." A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 29. Either Cassie or Marie pays the employees this afternoon. A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 30. 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) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesError Recognition Quiz 1Error Recognition Quiz 3Error Recognition Quiz 4Error Recognition Quiz 5Error Recognition Quiz 6Error Recognition Quiz 7Error Recognition Quiz 8Error Recognition Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books