This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. More importantly for students, sleep deprivation make studying and learning more difficult. A) Make. B) Learning. C) More. D) Importantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make. 2. June prefers to lie in bed not wanting to go to school nor does any work. A) To lie. B) Does. C) No error. D) Not wanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 3. Correct the verb:The news ..... surprising. A) Were. B) Is. C) Are. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 4. Complete the following sentence with the correct verb form. (Present tense)Ellos ..... las ventanas. A) Abres. B) Abrimos. C) Abro. D) Abren. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abren. 5. He quickly (A) ran out of the room and (B) disappeared before anyone could (C) notice him. (D) No error A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 6. George hasn't completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn't too. A) Hasn't. B) The assignment yet. C) And. D) Hasn't too. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hasn't too. 7. When you send the forms, you should include a photographs. A) Include. B) Send. C) Photographs. D) Forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photographs. 8. The pituitary gland, ..... the brain, releases hormones to control other glands. A) Found below. B) Its foundation below. C) It is found below. D) Finds itself below. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found below. 9. As her focus changed, the love poetry that Edna St. Vincent Millay produced in the 1920's increasing gave way to poetry dealing with social injustice. A) Her focus. B) Changed. C) Produced. D) Increasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasing. 10. Weather is the transitory expression of climate that can change drastic from day to day or season to season. A) Drastic. B) Is. C) That. D) Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drastic. 11. Atherosclerosis is progressive and usually does not produce symptoms until there is significantly blockage of the blood flow. A) Progressive. B) Produce. C) Flow. D) Significantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Significantly. 12. Michael has worked in three different companies in three different positions, so he has more work experience than the other applicant's A) So. B) Has. C) In. D) The other applicant's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The other applicant's. 13. This year's drama group has decided to rehearse the play three times before staging the final presentation. A) No error. B) Year's. C) Has. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No error. 14. Some students works a part-time job to help pay for college expenses. A) Works. B) Some. C) To help. D) Expenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Works. 15. She must retyping the report before she hands it in to the director of financing. A) Retyping. B) Before. C) Hands it in. D) To the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retyping. 16. If biennials were planted this year, they will be likely to bloom next year. A) Will be. B) To bloom. C) Likely. D) Next year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be. 17. Choose the incorrect answer!(The) Viking spacecraft (has) landed (on) Mars (in) July of 1976. A) Has. B) In. C) The. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 18. That university is particularly known for their strong film program and dedication to the creative arts. A) Is. B) To. C) Dedication. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 19. Standing among so many strangers, the frightened child began to sob uncontrollable. A) Standing among. B) The frightened. C) To sob. D) Uncontrollable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uncontrollable. 20. Inaccurate information, as well as irrelevant details, were what caused us to lose the case. A) Inaccurate. B) Lose. C) Caused. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 21. Find the mistake:Neither the teacher nor the students was present. A) Both the teacher and the students were present. B) Either the teacher or the students was present. C) Neither the teacher nor the students was present. D) Neither the teacher nor the students were present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither the teacher nor the students were present. 22. I would rather to work from home than come to the school A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. The issues learned during the early stages of the project causing the researchers to initiate additional research. A) During. B) Causing. C) Stages. D) Additional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causing. 24. Which is a common error in English? A) Using emojis. B) Subject-verb agreement. C) Speaking quickly. D) Handwriting style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject-verb agreement. 25. Many people enjoy cooking, but they don't have much time for do it. A) Don't have. B) But they. C) Enjoy cooking. D) For do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For do it. 26. Fix the error:The pencils are in the stationary cupboard. A) Stationarry. B) Stationarie. C) Stationery. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stationery. 27. The city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, derives their name from a Native American word meaning "bubbling springs" . A) Derives. B) A. C) Meaning. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 28. The existence of many stars in the sky lead us to suspect that there may be life on another planet. A) Another. B) The existence. C) May be. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lead. 29. The deeper(A) the ocean, the least(B) sun light can(C) reach the bottom(D) A) Deeper. B) Bottom. C) Can. D) Least. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Least. 30. As one climbs high up a mountain, the air becomes both colder or thinner. A) Or. B) Climbs. C) Becomes. D) Thinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 31. When David cooks, he uses a variety of spices and put the flame on very high, creating flavorful and charred dishes. A) Put. B) He uses. C) Creating. D) Very high. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put. 32. The Sony camrecorder demo was fun and impressive, but it is not as better as Microsoft's. A) But. B) As better as. C) Microsoft's. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As better as. 33. I went (A) into the B) (city center today because I need (C) to get my phone repaired (D). A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 34. The man whom was brought to the police station confessed to the crime. A) Station. B) The. C) Brought to. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whom. 35. Pandas live in (A) coniferous forest, eat bamboo shoots and leaves fast (B) and spending (C) about 12-hour (D)a day A) Spending. B) In. C) 12-hour. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spending. 36. In a copperhead snake, the venom flows from a single venom glands to a pair of hollow teeth. A) Snake. B) Glands. C) Pair. D) Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glands. 37. The children seemed to be comfortably when watching the program. A) Comfortably. B) Seemed. C) To be. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comfortably. 38. Peter, as well as his friends in the neighbourhood, visit the library on these evenings in order to do research for their projects. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 39. Last month, I visited the White House hoping to see President. A) President. B) To see. C) Hoping. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President. 40. Paul did so well in his speech today that he should have rehearsed it many times this past week. A) That. B) So. C) This past week. D) Should have rehearsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should have rehearsed. 41. Dinda:I think I need a vacation FOR some days.Nike:if you HAD a FREE TIME, we can go to Malang TO ENJOY the fresh air. A) Had. B) For. C) Free time. D) To enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 42. She said to her mother that she will take an exam the next month. A) That. B) Will take. C) Said to. D) Next month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will take. 43. Studying is great, but you shouldn't has to sit down all day. A) Studying. B) Down. C) But. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 44. Even though the difference between the percentages of male and female doctors has narrowed appreciably in recent years, the number of men in that profession is likely to remain the highest. A) Even though. B) The highest. C) Between. D) Appreciably. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The highest. 45. In the orbit of a planet around the Sun, the point closest to the Sun is called it the perihelion. A) In. B) Planet. C) Point closest. D) Called it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Called it. 46. What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs. A) Were. B) Including. C) Their. D) What happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 47. If the team members had exercised more seriously, they ..... the game succesfully A) Would won. B) Would has won. C) Would have won. D) Would had won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have won. 48. What is the antonym of 'expand'? A) Increase. B) Grow. C) Enlarge. D) Contract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contract. 49. Many people enjoy to watch movies in their free time, especially on weekends. A) Enjoy to watch. B) In their free time. C) Movies. D) Many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoy to watch. 50. Because not food is as nutritious for a baby as its mother's milk, many women are returning to practice of breast feeding. A) As. B) Not food. C) Many. D) As nutritious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not food. 51. To everyone's surprise, it wasn't in Bristol which he made his fortune, although t hat's where he was born. A) To. B) Made. C) Surprise. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which. 52. Many animal species (A) are becoming endangered (B) or even extinction (C) due to habitat (D) destruction. A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 53. The gangs involved in violent and criminal acts have become notorious for their insane and lunatic behaviour. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 54. Professor Gates has edited several influential anthology. A) Has. B) Edited. C) Influential. D) Anthology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthology. 55. In 1870, the attorney general was made (A) head of the Department of Justice, given an enlarged staff (B), and endow (C) with clear-cut law-enforcement functions (D). A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 56. It (A) was in 2008 which (B) he settled down (C) in the USA and got married (D). A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 57. When the season starts is that determined by the weather. A) That. B) Is. C) When. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 58. Hevea brasiliensis, which is better known as the rubber tree, ..... for up to 30 years to create latex. A) Can be tapped. B) Are tapped. C) Were tapped. D) Tapping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be tapped. 59. I always make the children to pick up their toys. A) Make. B) To pick up. C) Toys. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pick up. 60. A patient suffering (A) from amnesia may (B) had (C) partial or total loss (D) of memory. A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. 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