This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Peter and David are (A) playing the (B) piano in (C) the living (D) room in the morning yesterday A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 2. The victims of(A) the eviction(B) approved to(C) the compensation given(D) by the company A) Eviction. B) Of. C) To. D) Given. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:'She is the ..... of the two sisters.' A) Tallest. B) Taller. C) Most tall. D) More tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taller. 4. A number of critics agrees that Jack Nicholson, who usually plays the calm, cool and collected type, was a strange choice for the leading role in The Shining. A) Who. B) Critics. C) Agrees. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agrees. 5. In 1908 Olive Campbell started writing down folk songs by rural people in the southern Appalachian mountains near hers home A) The. B) Folk songs. C) Writing. D) Hers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hers. 6. I love swimming (A) which are (B) a good sport for (C) my health (D). A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 7. In the past, the Egyptians discovered that drying fruit preserved it, made it sweeter, and improvement its flavor. A) Improvement. B) Discovered. C) Drying fruit. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Improvement. 8. Given that the mother walks very slowly and that the son never seems to be in much of a rush, it is safe to say that the family likes to take their time. A) Their. B) Given. C) It is. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their. 9. If a crisis would occur, those unfamiliar with the procedures would not know how to handle the situation. A) Would occur. B) Those unfamiliar. C) The. D) How to handle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would occur. 10. Nam (A) wishes (B) he can speak (C) English fluently (D). A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 11. Some of the agricultural practices used today is responsible for fostering desertification. A) Used. B) Is. C) Fostering. D) Practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 12. There isn't (A) many (B) information (C) about the case (D) yet (E). A) B. B) C. C) E. D) A. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 13. Clock had been invented during ancient time, pre-historic people wouldn't have used the changes of shadow cast by the sun to tell time. A) People. B) Clock had. C) Used. D) Cast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clock had. 14. Bentwood, which is a wood that has been artificially formed into a curve, is usually used for making furnitures. A) Which. B) Has been artificially. C) Making. D) Furnitures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furnitures. 15. In summer, warm southern air carries moist north to the eastern and central United States. A) In summer. B) Air carries. C) Moist. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moist. 16. Identify the error in the sentence: "She could of gone to the concert." A) Could has. B) Could have. C) Could have been. D) Could be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could have. 17. Most (a) small appliances have nine-days (b) guarantees that entitle the purchaser to free repair (c) or replacement if the item breaks hard (d) on hard surface. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 18. Let me take you home . A B C D A) You. B) Take. C) Let. D) ".". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ".". 19. If I (A) was you, I would not (B) make that decision (C) so quickly. (D) No error A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 20. The prices of homes are as high that most people cannot afford to buy them. A) Them. B) Most. C) Are. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As. 21. He spends his leisure time by playing video games or watch television. A) By playing. B) His leisure time. C) Or watch. D) Spends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or watch. 22. A few weeks ago a woman call to report a burglary. A) Weeks. B) Woman. C) Call. D) To report. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call. 23. Now J. K. Rowling is a (A) multi-millionaire, but (B) she was not born into the fame (C) and fortune (D). A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 24. Every woman should vote for the candidate of their choice. A) For. B) Should vote. C) Every. D) Their choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their choice. 25. Question 2. One of (A) the biggest problems (B) facing our (C) society are (D) unemployment. A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 26. I am used to get up early. A) Am. B) Get. C) Early. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am. 27. This is (A) the first time (B) I visited (C) a famous place in Hanoi (D). A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 28. The chemical (A) pollutants from (B) cars make the (C) air, water and soil dangerously dirtily (D). A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 29. Unless Mae Wong Dam can prevent floods or does not contribute much during the dry season, its construction will not be necessary. A) Does not contribute. B) Floods. C) Will not be. D) Unless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does not contribute. 30. The crying baby needs to be picked up A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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