This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What he was much better than I was at chess became apparent after the first few minutes of the game A) Became. B) First few. C) At. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What. 2. Scorpions, ..... the class Arachnida, are closely related to spiders, mites, and ticks. A) A member of. B) Are a member of. C) Their member is. D) Being a member of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A member of. 3. People from temperate climates cannot survive for long in temperatures extreme. A) Temperatures extreme. B) For. C) Climates. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperatures extreme. 4. Try to do short walks frequently and when your body is used to walk, you can start jogging regularly. A) Walk. B) Jogging. C) Do. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walk. 5. What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence: "She ..... to the gym every morning." A) Go. B) Goes. C) Going. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 6. The Call of the Wild is one of the many stories about the gold rush in Alaska writing by Jack London. A) Many. B) About. C) Writing. D) One of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing. 7. When you have a clear understanding of yourself, you become an empowered individual, able to overcome the setbacks and challenges in lives. A) Become. B) Able to overcome. C) Yourself. D) Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lives. 8. Since the early years of this century have flown across oceans to test their machines, test themselves and respond to their craving for adventure. A) Since. B) Have flown. C) Craving. D) Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have flown. 9. A ray of light passing through the center of a thin lens keeping its original direction. A) Its. B) Of. C) Passing. D) Keeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keeping. 10. Principals must take prompt and appropriate action to combat the insurgence of school bullying. 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. Of all the evidence that has piled up (A) since Webster's paper was published, there is (B) no new (C) ideas to contradict (D) his original theory. A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 12. Question 6. To learn (A) foreign languages are (B) necessary for us (C) to have (D) a good job. A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 13. Like the Amish, Mennonites are religious and traditional, but not alike the mish, Mennonites are not widely known by the public. A) Traditional. B) Not alike. C) Like. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not alike. 14. The suwanne river has been never important for transport and no significant hydropower potential A) Hydropower potential. B) Has been never. C) No significant. D) Important for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been never. 15. Identify the error in the sentence: "The dog chased it's tail around and around." A) It's tails. B) Its'. C) Its tails. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its. 16. Some (A) people come (B) there (C) and drank sugar cane juice (D) yesterday. A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 17. Identify the misspelled word:She went to recieve her award. A) Went. B) Award. C) She. D) Recieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recieve. 18. I study English and French for four years. A) Years. B) Study. C) English. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study. 19. When the officers realized a robbery was in progress, they quickly spring into action. 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. He apologized with me for arriving late. A) Apologized. B) For. C) With. D) Late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 21. The workers were also increasing because of some general changes. A) Of. B) Were. C) Changes. D) Increasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasing. 22. The new railway station being painted a bright pink, so potential passengers who might otherwise drive past cannot fail to notice it. A) So. B) Fail. C) Might. D) Being painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being painted. 23. I read in the newspaper that England didn't get to the quarter finals last year and France didn't neither. A) In the newspaper. B) Didn't get to. C) Didn't neither. D) The quarter finals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't neither. 24. Aviation safety authorities are investigating how two passenger planes wind up on a collision course over the Northern Territory on Tuesday. A) How. B) Are investigating. C) Wind up on. D) Collision course over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind up on. 25. The man should take off his hat when he goes into a house in the UK. A) When. B) The man. C) Take off. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man. 26. Princeton University, which was establish in 1746, is one of the oldest universities in the United States A) Established. B) Oldest. C) One. D) Universities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Established. 27. The sermon delivered by the pastor certainly gave us food for thought; it was very stimulating, A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 28. Whenever he is distraught, he will still make a jest with us. A) Distraught. B) Make. C) Whenever. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whenever. 29. Sometimes, in fact one of the first symptoms of this disease is heart attack. The risk factors of atherosclerosis is:high level of cholesterol, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, obesity, a sedentary life style, ageing, being male and heredity. A) Is. B) Heredity. C) Sedentary. D) Obesity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 30. Supersonic transport such the Concorde will probably be widely accepted as soon as problems of noise and atmospheric pollution are resolved. A) Widely. B) Such. C) Are. D) As soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Such. ← 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 8Error Recognition Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books