This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The crafting of fine violins has been proceeding for several century as a secret art. A) Secret. B) Century. C) Proceeding. D) Fine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Century. 2. Unless you study hard, you will pass the next exam. A) Hard. B) Unless. C) The. D) Exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unless. 3. Early European settlers in North America used (a) medicines they (b) made from plants to treat colds, pneumonia, and ague, an (c) illness similar with (d) malaria. A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 4. Martha Graham, ..... of the pioneers of modern dance, didn't begin dancing until she was twenty-one. A) One. B) Was one. C) She was. D) Who, as one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 5. Identify the error in the sentence: "He runned to the store." A) Ran. B) Run. C) Running. D) Runs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ran. 6. The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural similarities and differences. A) Presents. B) Array. C) Similarities. D) Differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presents. 7. Find the error of the sentencesThe picturesque incredibly island is located in Indonesia, namely Bali. A) The picturesque. B) Namely Bali. C) Incredibly. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incredibly. 8. Which spelling is incorrect? A) Definitely. B) Occurrence. C) Accommodate. D) Definately. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Definately. 9. Choose the one word or phrase which not be appropriate in standard written English!Because the dog experiences decreasing number of red blood cells, its nose turns ashily A) Decreasing. B) Its nose. C) Because. D) Ashily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ashily. 10. They have given me three bicycles since I start riding to school. A) Since. B) Start. C) Riding. D) Have given. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Start. 11. Many people are dying by various types of cancer. A) Many. B) Types of cancer. C) By. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 12. Anne Elizabeth McDowell is the best remembered for a weekly journal, Woman's Advocate, which she launched in January 1855 A) Is. B) In. C) The best. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The best. 13. The survey found that (A) the more people use social media, the least (B) likely (C) they will concern about (D) privacy. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 14. In the sixteenth century, Francois Vieta, a French mathematician, used the vowels a, I, u, e, o to represent a unknown number. A) To represent. B) The sixteenth century. C) Used. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 15. Civil engineers had better planning to use steel supports in concrete structures built on unstable geophysical sites. A) Built. B) To use. C) Civil engineers. D) Planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planning. 16. Because the solar tiles were very secure fastened, only a few became detached when the Space Shuttle reentered the earth's atmosphere. A) A few. B) Secure fastened. C) The earth's atmosphere. D) Detached. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secure fastened. 17. Hoa asked (A) Lan whether (B) did she like (C) sports or not (D). A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 18. At this time tomorrow, I'll be fly to Tokyo. A) At. B) Fly. C) To. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fly. 19. Communication is the act of transferring information through neither verbal messages or non-verbal signals. A) Through. B) Communication. C) Neither. D) Transferring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 20. The doctor said (A) that she was making (B) a (C) relatively slow progress (D) because she was quite old. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 21. When he worked in England, he used to drinking beer everyday. A) When. B) In England. C) Dringking. D) Everyday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dringking. 22. Identify the correct possessive form:The coats belong to the girls. A) Girls' coats. B) Girl coats. C) Girl's coats. D) Girls coats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Girls' coats. 23. A widow is a woman who husband has died. A) Woman. B) Has died. C) Widow. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who. 24. In 1975, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average life expectancy for people born during that year is 72.4 years. A) According to. B) Born. C) Is. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 25. For the first time in the history of the country the person which was recommended by the president to replace a retiring judge on the Supreme Court is a woman. A) Was recommended. B) To replace. C) Retiring. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which. 26. According to a World Resources Institute report, a significant part of forest acreage disappear each year. A) Disappear. B) Year. C) According. D) Significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappear. 27. Time and time again, we have told the children to remain inside and keep the doors locked. 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. 28. Jon's mother did not let him organize a garage sale for the family because she did not like the idea of strangers being able to peruse their many belonging. A) For. B) Belonging. C) Let him. D) Idea of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belonging. 29. They have moved nothing in your room while they sent you to the hospital. A) To. B) Nothing. C) While. D) Sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While. 30. The invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell has [A] revolutionize communication, [B] connecting people [C] across vast distances [D] instantly. A) Connecting. B) Instantly. C) Revolutionize. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolutionize. 31. Identify the error in the following sentence:'Neither the teacher nor the students was ready for the exam.' A) 'The teacher' should be 'The teachers'. B) 'The students' should be 'The student'. C) 'Neither' should be 'Either'. D) The verb 'was' should be 'were'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The verb 'was' should be 'were'. 32. Janet is finally used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long. A) One. B) Cook. C) After having. D) For so long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cook. 33. Give the English meaning for the following Spanish sentence.Luisa ayuda a su hermana. A) Luisa helps her sister. B) Luisa waits for her sister. C) Luisa listens to her sister. D) Luisa talks to her sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luisa helps her sister. 34. The lecturer has already given the homework when he remembers that Mona was a holiday. A) Remembers. B) Was. C) Already given. D) The homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remembers. 35. You haven't to (A) use (B) your mobile phone (C) in (D) the exam. A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 36. He isn't going to the conference in March and neither they are. A) Neither they are. B) In March. C) Going. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neither they are. 37. We meet James since last Saturday when we went out. A) Last. B) When. C) Went out. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meet. 38. To the north the stream is that the settlers will have to cross A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 39. Shakespeare's plays, [A] such as "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet, " [B] has left a lasting [C] impact on [D] literature and theater. A) Has. B) Impact. C) Such as. D) Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 40. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s magnificent speaking ability enabling him to effectively express the demands for social justice for Black Americans A) Express. B) Enabling. C) Him. D) Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enabling. 41. My mother (A) and I were (B) on (C) the stadium (D) yesterday. A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 42. Frank usually swims (A) before work (B), but (C) this morning he jogs (D). A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 43. Select the right conjunction:I like to read, I like to write. A) But. B) And. C) Or. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 44. It's about time you decide whether to enter university or get a job. A) Decide. B) Get. C) About. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decide. 45. The Great Wall of China, one of the [A] greater architectural [B] achievement in history, [C] spans thousands of [D] kilometers across northern China. A) Achievement. B) Kilometers. C) Spans. D) Greater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greater. 46. When visiting historic sites, it is important to adhere to the instructions of the tour guide. 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. 47. Today, successful farmers are experts not only in agriculture, but also in market, finance, and accounting. A) Accounting. B) Market. C) Agriculture. D) But also. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market. 48. If you possessed a car, you can travel around Singapore. A) Can. B) Around. C) Possessed. D) Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Possessed. 49. Of all the evidence that has piled up since Webster's paper was published, there is no new ideas to contradict his original theory. A) Is. B) To contradict. C) New. D) Has piled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 50. Although he jumped aside, but the stone hit him. A) Jumped. B) The. C) But. D) Hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But. 51. If you stroll on the sidewalks or drive through residence areas, you will notice domestic wastes on either side of the road. A) Domestic. B) Either. C) Sidewalks. D) Residence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Residence. 52. Choose the incorrect answer!The Colorado River (reaches) (their) maximum (height) (during) April and May. A) Reaches. B) Their. C) Height. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 53. He wants to tell me an unique story about his trip last week. A) Last. B) Wants to. C) An. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An. 54. A body of volunteers have been organized to aid the helpless in their struggle for survival. A) Have been. B) To aid. C) Body. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been. 55. Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats last spring. A) Just bought. B) Last spring. C) Her. D) Winters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winters. 56. "I don't understand why I can't come to the movies with you, " cried Tina's younger brother, whom had a strict 8:00 bedtime. A) Don't understand. B) To the movies. C) Cried. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whom. 57. Identify the error in the sentence: "Each of the girls have a different opinion." A) Has. B) Have different. C) Have opinions. D) Has opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 58. The more I live with him, the most I love him. A) Love him. B) With. C) The more. D) The most. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The most. 59. Only (A) few (B) milk (C) was left (D) in the fridge (E). A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 60. Certain types (A) of snakes have been known (B) to survive fasts (C) more as (D) a year long. A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books