This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, as well as her mother, Queen Juliana, were not crowned but inaugurated instead. A) Inaugurated. B) Were. C) Instead. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 2. Identify the error in the sentence: "She were tired after the race." A) Was. B) Is. C) Been. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 3. Despite the time of the year, yesterday's temperature was enough hot to turn on the air conditioning. A) To turn on. B) Despite. C) Enough hot. D) Yesterday's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enough hot. 4. Which of the following sentences is a question? A) She will go to the store. B) She is going to the store. C) She went to the store. D) Where is she going?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where is she going?. 5. If he hadn't read the book on midwifery, he wouldn't of known that birthing practices in modern hospitals are sometimes deleterious to women. A) Wouldn't of known. B) In modern hospitals. C) Deleterious. D) Midwifery,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wouldn't of known. 6. Both of the car in the garage will not be used tomorrow. A) The garage. B) Car. C) Used tomorrow. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Car. 7. It often takes him half a hour to go to work by bus every morning. A) By bus. B) Go to. C) Takes. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 8. Find the mistake:Each of the students have completed their assignments. A) Each of the students has completed their assignments. B) Each of the students have completed their assignment. C) Each student have completed their assignments. D) All of the students has completed their assignments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Each of the students has completed their assignments. 9. In(A) the movie, the(B) actor has showed(C) a fiercely(D), dreamy and brave character A) In. B) Has showed. C) Fiercely. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiercely. 10. My father, unlike many other drivers, drive very carelessly. A) Other drivers. B) Drive. C) Carelessly. D) Unlike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drive. 11. In my opinion, all schools has to have a school uniform. A) Opinion. B) All. C) Has. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 12. Common disorders affect mainly the heart. They may be neither congenital deformities or acquired heart diseases. A) Common. B) Mainly. C) Neither. D) Acquired. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 13. After the physics lesson, the children know that water will boil at 100 degrees C. A) Degrees. B) The physics. C) Know. D) Will boil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will boil. 14. Anna thinks she ought to go to the university, or she wants to get qualifications for her dream job. A) To go. B) Thinks. C) Or. D) Qualifications. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or. 15. Why you do not come to the birthday party? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. A form of this disease that is atherosclerosis in which the arteries become narrowed or clogged with deposits of fatty material, mainly cholesterol in the form of atheromas. A) Mainly. B) Which. C) That is. D) Narrowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That is. 17. Bob's story was not only more interesting than John, but it was more realistic. A) It. B) More. C) Was. D) John. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John. 18. We study English every Monday and Wednesday. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. (Grammar) ..... was backed up for miles on the freeway. A) In the morning. B) Yesterday. C) Traffic. D) Cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traffic. 20. Your failing to heed the doctor's advice will be to your detriment. 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. 21. Identify the error in the following sentence:'Each of the players have a unique skill set.' A) 'Each' should be 'All'. B) 'Have' should be 'Has'. C) 'Players' should be 'Player'. D) 'Skill set' should be 'Skills set'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'Have' should be 'Has'. 22. You should examine the letter carefully before you submit a response. 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: D) The sentence is acceptable as it stands. 23. Too much water makes plants turning brown on the edges of their leaves. A) Too. B) Their. C) Makes. D) Turn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn. 24. A fact is a statement that is true. It is information that can be proved or verified by using evident. A) It is information. B) Evident. C) Verified. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evident. 25. Read each sentence carefully and determine whether an error exists. Choose the option that best describes the sentence.The committee had the complex and arduous task of reviewing hundreds of applicants for the administrative position. 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: B) The sentence is too wordy or redundant. 26. More than half of the children in the 1, 356-member district qualifies for reduced-price or free lunches. A) Qualifies. B) Of the. C) Reduced-price. D) More than. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualifies. 27. Pop Art was a movement of the 1950's and 1960's which imagery was based on readily recognized American products and people. A) Readily recognized. B) A movement. C) Which. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which. 28. If a glass lizard lost its tail, a new one will grow to replace it. A) Lost. B) Its. C) A. D) To replace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost. 29. When she was young, her indulgent parents gave up to all her demands and now she is a rude and selfish girl. A) She is. B) Gave up. C) Was young. D) Indulgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gave up. 30. She detests to cook (A) and doing (B) the washing up C) (after (D) meals. A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. 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