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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the synonym of 'happy'? A) Sad. B) Angry. C) Tired. D) Joyful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joyful. 2. Bahama Islands, comprising over 100 islands, are situated just off the southwestern coast. A) Bahama Islands. B) Comprising. C) Over. D) Just off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bahama Islands. 3. Stephanie claims that she wants to attend college after graduation, but her poor attitude about studying during senior year do not indicate that she enjoys being a student. A) To attend. B) Do not indicate. C) Studying. D) Wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not indicate. 4. Playing sports not only keeps you fit but also helps you to make new friends. A) Not only keeps. B) New friends. C) Playing sports. D) You to make. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You to make. 5. 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) No sooner had we (B) set off (C) than it (D) started to rain. A) C. B) E. C) B. D) D. E) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) E. 6. I would like a bunch of cabbage and two sticks of celery. A) Two sticks. B) A bunch of. C) To give. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bunch of. 7. Robert E Lee ..... the confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse. A) Surrenderer. B) Surrendered. C) He surrendered. D) Surrendering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surrendered. 8. When I was 6 years old, I have got a bicycle for Christmas. A) A. B) Was. C) For. D) Have got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have got. 9. I can't drive there because I didn't have a car. a car. A) Drive. B) Because. C) Have. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 10. We wanted to chat, but we must go to school. A) School. B) Chat. C) Wanted. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Must. 11. Find the mistake:The data was collected from various sources. A) The phrase 'various sources' should be singular. B) The use of 'was' instead of 'were' when referring to data as plural. C) The data was collected from a single source. D) The use of 'was' instead of 'is' when referring to data as past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of 'was' instead of 'were' when referring to data as plural. 12. What is the apostrophe's primary purpose? A) Indicate possession or omission. B) End a question. C) Make plurals. D) Replace commas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicate possession or omission. 13. Identify the error in the sentence: "They is going to the movies tonight." A) Be. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 14. Don't (A) talk too many (B) in class (C), or (D) I will let you out. A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 15. The revolutionary, having been the subject of abuse during his childhood, emphatically lead the uprising, fueled by both a desire for social justice, as well as a certain anger that he himself did not entirely understand. A) Having been. B) Fueled by both. C) He himself. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lead. 16. People who speak to theirselves are not necessarily disturbed, but according to one leading psychologist merely doing what we would all do if we could. A) Theirselves. B) Speak. C) What we. D) One leading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theirselves. 17. When (A) he came (B), I watched (C) a football match on TV (D). A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 18. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone for their hard work. A) Character. B) Thankfulness. C) Confidence. D) Idol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thankfulness. 19. Everyone in the two teams were really tired after a 120-minute match. A) Were. B) Match. C) The. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 20. I prefer to come (A) back to (B) my hometown on (C) the harvest time (D). A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 21. In Watch the Skies, Curtis Peebles ..... attempt to explain America's belief in flying saucers. A) Fascination made a. B) Fascination with making. C) Making a fascinating. D) Makes a fascinating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Makes a fascinating. 22. Manufacturers may use (A) food additives for preserving (B), to color, to flavor, or to fortify (C) foods (D). A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 23. Mrs. Donovan is going to be quite upset with her son as long he misbehaves so much. A) Quite. B) As long. C) With. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As long. 24. The Eiffel Tower that is located in the centre of Paris offers wonderful views of the city. A) Is located. B) That. C) Centre. D) Eiffel Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 25. There are many frequently mentioned reasons why one out of four arrests involve a juvenile. A) Involve. B) Four arrests. C) Frequently. D) Mentioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involve. 26. The bread baked this morning smelled delicious A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. In (A) recent years, automobile emissions have disfigured (B) stone carvings, (C) corroded bronze monuments, and spoil (D) ancient buildings. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 28. While we walked (A) home, we saw (B) a girl crying (C) near a (D) bus stop. A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 29. ..... down the forest rapidly, the company was protested by the local citizens. A) Has cut. B) Cut. C) Cutting. D) Cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cutting. 30. The number of people which asked for the discount was low but grew during the summer period. A) Which. B) Was. C) Grew. D) Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which. 31. People should avoid using products which make from plastic. A) Make. B) Using. C) From. D) Avoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 32. After Dr. Werner Arber discovered restriction enzymes, Drs. Daniel Nathan, Hamilton Smith, and him were awarded the Nobel Prize for their research in that field. A) Were awarded. B) Him. C) Discovered. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Him. 33. The kite caught the breeze, flew up in the air, danced graceful about the sky, and lodged itself in a tree. A) And lodged itself in a tree. B) Graceful. C) In the air. D) Flew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graceful. 34. They went to the Korean restaurant, so they found out it was closed early. A) So. B) To. C) Early. D) Found out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 35. In order to insure maximum security, you must check the doors and windows twice at nights. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 36. Robert A. Moog developed an electronic device that could be used for play synthesized music. A) Developed. B) Synthesized. C) Be. D) For play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For play. 37. More girls (A) should being (B) chosen to represent (C) us in the (D) School Youth Union. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 38. Organic farming is better for the environment because it doesn't use harmful chemicals. A) Fat-free. B) Chemical-free. C) Interest-free. D) Tax-free. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical-free. 39. Not none of the persons involved in the collision were able to give an account of, the events leading to the accident. 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: A) The sentence is faulty in diction or contains grammatical errors. 40. Janet and Betty plays tennis every afternoon with Jack and me. A) Plays. B) Tennis. C) Afternoon. D) Jack and me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plays. 41. Identify the error in the sentence: "The cake was ate by the children." A) Eating. B) Ate. C) Eats. D) Eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eaten. 42. It is believed that a people could live on Mars with little life support because the atmosphere is similar to that of earth. A) That. B) Live. C) A people. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A people. 43. The pineapple, a fruit that grows in tropical climates throughout the world, are native to parts of South America. A) Grows. B) Are. C) A fruit. D) Throughout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 44. I tried to explain him the problem, but he had difficulty understanding me. A) Tried. B) Explain him the problem. C) But. D) Understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explain him the problem. 45. Van Cliburn studies (A) piano from (B) 1951 to 1954 and won (C) multiple awards between (D) 1958 and 1960. A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 46. He prefers to spend his holidays relaxing at home instead traveling. A) To spend. B) Prefers. C) Relaxing at home. D) Instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Instead. 47. The letters written by the man were translating into Vietnamese by my sister. A) By my sister. B) Written. C) Were translating. D) Into. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were translating. 48. The value of the property are always considered before a purchase is made. No Error A) No Error. B) Value. C) Considered. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 49. Ratna prefers to drink green smoothies with a drop of lemon than vegetable juices to keep her healthy A) With. B) To. C) Healthy. D) Than. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Than. 50. Only with two-thirds vote (A) by both houses are (B) the U.S Congress able to (C) override a presidential veto (D). A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 51. Two out of four teenagers who become addicted to drugs will go on to become a high school dropout. A) Who. B) Will. C) A high school dropout. D) Out of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A high school dropout. 52. In present-day business entrepreneurs are taken fewer risks than their predecessorsa century ago. A) Fewer. B) Century. C) Present-day. D) Are taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are taken. 53. New universities are being establish at a slower rate nowadays due to the lack of federal and A) Are being. B) A slower. C) Establish. D) Due to the. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Establish. 54. Identify the error:The group have decided to protest. A) Group / has. B) Protest / protests. C) No error. D) Decided / decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Group / has. 55. Tom's jokes are inappropriate but we have to put up with it just because he's the boss. A) Inappropriate. B) The. C) It. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It. 56. George is not enough intelligent to pass this economics class without help. A) To pass. B) Enough intelligent. C) Economics. D) This. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enough intelligent. 57. Having been beaten by the police for striking an officer, the man will cry out pain. A) For striking an officer. B) Will cry out. C) The man. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will cry out. 58. My neighbour told me that she will let me know as soon as she heard from him. A) Told. B) Heard. C) As soon as. D) Will let. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will let. 59. The closer it gets to December 21, the first day of winter, the short the days become. A) First day. B) Short. C) Gets to. D) Become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Short. 60. The library is the place where you go to read books there. A) Where. B) To read. C) Library. 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