This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There is only one Chinese restaurant in town, isn't it? A) Chinese. B) In town. C) Is only. D) Isn't it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isn't it. 2. 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 went to the Post Office (B) before coming to school (C) this afternoon, there weren't (D) not any letters for me. A) C. B) A. C) E. D) D. E) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 3. Life (A) is not easy (B) for those who is (C) without jobs (D). A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 4. The new building, one of which is still under construction, have not been approved by the housing authority. A) Have. B) Is. C) Approved. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 5. Neymar saw the (A) boy while he talked (B) to local (C) sports journalists (D). A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 6. During our group presentation, everything that can go wrong went wrong. 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. 7. To check if a statement is a fact or opinion, asks yourself this question: "Does this express a thought, feeling or belief?" A) Yourself. B) Asks. C) Express. D) To check. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asks. 8. My mother is watching (A) a (B) game show (C) on TV at (D) 9 p.m yesterday A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 9. The better of the two athletes claim never to have used the dangerous drugs found in his possession. A) To have used. B) No error. C) Claim. D) Better. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claim. 10. There was a cheque for Fifty Dollars which was enclosed in the envelope that you gave me. 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. 11. Many of the recording instruments used in vary branches of science are kymographs. A) Many. B) Are. C) Vary branches. D) Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vary branches. 12. My father said that the taxi was coming now and asked if everyone was ready. A) Said. B) If. C) Now. D) Was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Now. 13. The development of the internet [A] has transformed the way [B] peoples [C] communicate, [D] access information, and conduct business. A) Has. B) Peoples. C) Access. D) Communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peoples. 14. Getting the kids to clean their rooms in like pulling teeth! 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. 15. In English these questions have be (A) formed (B) by changing (C) the word order of a statement, whereas in some languages the word order remains (D) the same. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 16. Being a professional teacher, it requires a combination of training, education and experience. A) Experience. B) It. C) Training. D) Requires. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It. 17. As sales representatives, we wait with anticipation and expectancy to receive our monthly incentives and annual bonuses. 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. 18. In the relatively short history of industrial developing in the United States, New York City has played a vital role A) Developing. B) Has played. C) Relatively. D) In the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developing. 19. The students selected a poem that reflected the diversity of the country, for their class discussion. 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. 20. They don't (A) know what (B) to preserve the natural (C) beauty of (D) their region. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 21. Never before any canal project has accomplished the feat of future planning as has been done at Panama. A) Any canal project has. B) Done. C) Has. D) Future planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any canal project has. 22. The occupant of a house claimed that the colony of bats sheltered in her roof collectively accounts for eating about 10, 000 bugs in a night. A) Accounts. B) Sheltered. C) Claimed. D) Collectively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accounts. 23. These are just a few of the many norms that every member of the society are expected to follow. A) Are. B) To follow. C) Many. D) These. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 24. Multiplication all the integers from one up to a certain integer will produce the factorial of the integer. A) Produce. B) Multiplication. C) Factorial. D) Up to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multiplication. 25. Despite (A) the time of the year, yesterday's (B) temperature was enough hot (C) to turn on the (D) air conditioning. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 26. Children in (A) this village (B) adore to fly (C) kites on (D) summer vacations. A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 27. Not being accustomed to living in the wild, the monkeys which were bred in captivity have struggled to adapt to the forest. 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. 28. Easily treated by antibiotics, Chlamydia, known to cause diseases in humans, can develop into a serious infection if unchecking. A) A. B) Unchecking. C) Easily. D) Known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unchecking. 29. He usually get up at about 6:00 or 6:30 in the morning. A) Get. B) At. C) In. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get. 30. Around the corner are the offices that you are trying to find A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 31. Identify the error:I like apples and oranges but I don't like bananas. A) Remove 'but' from the sentence. B) Change 'oranges' to 'pears'. C) Add a period after 'bananas' instead. D) Add a comma before 'but':'I like apples and oranges, but I don't like bananas.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add a comma before 'but':'I like apples and oranges, but I don't like bananas.'. 32. Most bacteria has strong cell walls much like those of the plants. A) Those. B) Most. C) Has. D) Much. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has. 33. I couldn't help (A) admire (B) the scenic beauty (C) of the coastlines along (D) Australia. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 34. Sarah loves cooking, and so do he A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. The Democratic Party, the most oldest existing political party in the United States, has played a vital role in the nation's history A) Most oldest. B) Vital. C) Political. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most oldest. 36. Tropical forests(A) can be find(B) in Southeast(C) asia countries(D) A) Countries. B) Find. C) Souteast. D) Tropical forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Find. 37. Anybody who plans to attend tic meeting ought send a short note to the chairperson. A) To attend. B) To the. C) Ought send. D) Who plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ought send. 38. Weather is (A) the transitory expression of climate that (B) can change (C) great(D) from day to day or season to season. A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 39. The scapula are not actual connected to the rib cage through any bones or joints. A) Are. B) Actual. C) Or joints. D) Through any. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actual. 40. Before railroad lines were extended from Missouri to New Mexico, millions of dollars in trade was used to be carried over the Santa Fe Trail by wheeled wagons. A) Was used to be carried. B) Wheeled wagons. C) Extended. D) Railroad lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was used to be carried. 41. The statement will be spoken just one time; therefore, you must listen very careful in order to understand what the speaker has said. A) Will be spoken. B) Very careful. C) To understand. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very careful. 42. Playing board games are becoming increasingly popular among families. A) Increasingly popular. B) Among families. C) Are becoming. D) Playing board games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are becoming. 43. Choose the correct conjunction:She is smart, she studies hard. A) And. B) Or. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 44. We need (A) several (B) furniture (C) for the new office (D) space (E). A) E. B) A. C) C. D) B. E) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 45. The course is good but more hard than I thought. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 46. Much financial experts recommend not putting all of your money into one kind of investment. A) Putting. B) Recommend. C) Investment. D) Much. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Much. 47. Johnson Nancy Lee asked (A) me if would I like (B) to have (C) dinner with (D) her. A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 48. No one is the happiest (A) than the (B) bride and groom on (C) the day of their (D) wedding. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 49. No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about the guest speaker. A) Attended. B) The truth about. C) Told. D) Guest speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 50. We need (A) several (B) equipments (C) for the experiment (D) today (E). A) A. B) E. C) D. D) B. E) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) C. 51. In accident times and throughout in the Middle Ages, many people believed that the earth is motionless. A) Is. B) Believed. C) Many people. D) The earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 52. The effort to determine the exact numerical value of pi has now reach 2.16 billion decimal digits. A) Numerical. B) Reach. C) Digits. D) Effort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reach. 53. Identify the error in the following sentence:'The committee have decided to postpone the meeting.' A) 'Have' should be 'Has'. B) 'Committee' should be 'Committees'. C) 'Postpone' should be 'Postponed'. D) 'Meeting' should be 'Meetings'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Have' should be 'Has'. 54. Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly? A) They're going to the park's. B) Can't you see the sign?. C) The cat's are sleeping. D) The book's on the shelf's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't you see the sign?. 55. If we divide thirty six by three, the quotient equals to twelve. A) Twelve. B) Divide. C) Equals. D) Quotient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equals. 56. Numbers to the left of zero are on the integer line are called negative numbers. A) To the left. B) Are. C) Line. D) Are called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 57. Sophie is doing very well at school since the beginning of the year. A) Well. B) The. C) Of. D) Is doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is doing. 58. Touch screen is (A) the screen whom (B) allows giving (C) instructions by touching (D). A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 59. There were so much people trying to leave the burning building that the police had a great deal of trouble controlling them. A) Much. B) That. C) The burning. D) There were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Much. 60. Her exceptional ability is known widely as she has won a lot of prizes in many different contests. A) Talent. B) Appearance. C) Passion. D) Admiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talent. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesError Recognition Quiz 1Error Recognition Quiz 2Error Recognition Quiz 3Error Recognition Quiz 4Error Recognition Quiz 5Error Recognition Quiz 7Error Recognition Quiz 8Error Recognition Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books