This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Grammar Error Identification – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Grammar Error Identification Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The committee have decided to postpone the meeting. A) Postpone. B) Have. C) Committee. D) The. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 2. Sarah, a very famous actress, is concerned about the risky of injury to her reputation. A) Is concerned. B) To. C) Risky. D) Reputation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Risky. 3. He usually take the bus to school, but today his father is driving him. A) To school. B) Is driving. C) Take. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take. 4. John ran into my room and slammed the door. A) Him. B) His. C) Himself. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His. 5. The instructor tells they that they can join the class. Which part is wrong? A) That. B) Join the class. C) They. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They. 6. Sentence:There isn't many cars in the parking lot. A) Isn't. B) Much. C) No error. D) Cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isn't. 7. Sentence:He eats apple every morning. A) No error. B) Morning. C) Eats. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apple. 8. The concert last night was ..... than I expected it to be. A) More exciting. B) The most exciting. C) Most exciting. D) As exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More exciting. 9. What was you doing when the fire alarm went off yesterday? A) No error. B) Yesterday. C) Was you doing. D) Went off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was you doing. 10. After cutting the apples, I ..... them with the sugar, cinnamon and other ingredients. A) Mixing. B) Mixed. C) Mix. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixed. 11. After the test we were allowed to talk quietly. A) After. B) Test. C) Allowed. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Test. 12. She asked me where was I going after school. A) Me. B) Was. C) Going. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 13. She didn't finished her homework last night because she felt unwell. A) Her homework. B) No error. C) Felt. D) Didn't finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't finished. 14. Sentence:Everyone are ready for the trip. A) Are. B) No error. C) Everyone. D) Trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 15. He don't knows the answer. A) He doesn't know the answer. B) He don't knew the answer. C) He do not knows the answer. D) He doesn't knows the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He doesn't know the answer. 16. He graduated in languages in June and is now thinking of do a second degree in psychology. A) Do a second degree. B) Is now thinking. C) He graduated. D) In June. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do a second degree. 17. Stop pushing the lifeguard shouted. A) Lifeguard. B) Pushing. C) No error. D) Shouted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shouted. 18. Identify the misplaced modifier:She almost drove her kids to school every day. A) Drove. B) Almost. C) She. D) Her kids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost. 19. What is wrong with this sentence? A) Spelling mistake. B) No error. C) Incorrect pronoun use. D) Wrong verb tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incorrect pronoun use. 20. Malik was a thirteen-year-old orphan. I lived with my mother who worked very hard to raise him and his siblings. A) He, his. B) She, her. C) Him, his. D) His, he. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He, his. 21. They will left by the time we arrive at the dinner party. A) Left. B) Arrive. C) At. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 22. Select the correct verb form:Neither the manager nor the employees ..... willing to compromise. A) Be. B) Is. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 23. The beautiful small village was surrounded by mountains. A) The. B) Beautiful. C) Small. D) Village. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful. 24. Which sentence demonstrates correct pronoun-antecedent agreement?A) Each student must bring their own lunch.B) Each student must bring his own lunch.C) Each student must bring its own lunch. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 25. When the rain ended the farmers returned to their fields. A) When. B) Returned. C) Ended. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ended. 26. Which sentence demonstrates correct pronoun-antecedent agreement?A) Everyone should bring their own lunch.B) Everyone should bring his own lunch.C) Everyone should bring its own lunch. A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 27. If you have kidney failure, you may survive a few days or week without treatment. A) Have. B) A few days or week. C) May. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A few days or week. 28. Identify the mistake:He has wrote a letter last night. A) He has. B) Last night. C) A letter. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote. 29. Choose the correct sentence:The news are surprising. A) The news were surprising. B) The news is surprising. C) The news have been surprising. D) The news are surprising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The news is surprising. 30. Sentence:Can you give me a feedback? A) Give. B) A. C) No error. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 31. Which revision best fixes the misplaced modifier in this sentence? "While walking to school, my backpack felt heavy." A) While I was walking to school, I felt my backpack was heavy. B) While I was walking to school, my backpack felt heavy. C) My backpack felt heavy while I was walking to school. D) While walking to school, I felt my backpack heavy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My backpack felt heavy while I was walking to school. 32. The instructor gives they a new schedule for the test. Which part is wrong? A) Schedule. B) New. C) Test. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They. 33. Find the error:Neither the students nor the teacher were ready for the surprise test. A) The students nor the teacher. B) Ready for the surprise test. C) Were. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 34. Sentence:The team are winning the match. A) Match. B) Team. C) Are. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 35. Choose the correct sentence:The list of items are on the desk. A) The list of items have been on the desk. B) The list of items are on the desk. C) The list of items were on the desk. D) The list of items is on the desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The list of items is on the desk. 36. While I was studying, my friends were make a lot of noise outside. A) A lot of noise. B) Were make. C) No error. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were make. 37. Most people knows that the success of a television show is measured by its rating. A) Is measured. B) Its. C) People knows. D) Success. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People knows. 38. Please remain seated students until your names are called. A) Students. B) No error. C) Names. D) Seated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students. 39. Choose the correct verb form:An architect is draw a building near the park. A) An architect draw a building near the park. B) An architect draws a building near the park. C) An architect is drawn a building near the park. D) An architect is drawing a building near the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An architect is drawing a building near the park. 40. My uncle and my aunt were sitting in my living room when the TV broadcast the hurricane news. A) In. B) The TV broadcast. C) Were. D) News. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The TV broadcast. 41. The cadets learned how to march, how to salute, and how to using the radio. Which part is wrong? A) How to march. B) How to salute. C) How to using the radio. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How to using the radio. 42. They used coconut oil as a moisturiser to their dry skin. A) On. B) For. C) To. D) Onto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 43. Find the sentence with an error. A) She is more taller than her sister. B) She is taller than her sister. C) She is the tallest in the family. D) She is very tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is more taller than her sister. 44. The teacher gave each students their homework before the holiday began. A) Students. B) Their. C) Began. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students. 45. What error occurs in:She loves to read books, she spends hours in the library. A) Comma splice joins two sentences. B) Sentence fragment lacking a subject. C) Redundancy in a series. D) Misplaced modifier at the beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma splice joins two sentences. 46. The highly intelligent young scientist have published several groundbreaking studies in physics. A) Intelligent. B) No error. C) Studies. D) Have. E) Scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 47. The boys bicycle was found near the gate. A) Bicycle. B) Gate. C) No error. D) Boys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boys. 48. Sentence:They enjoy studying english here. A) English. B) They. C) Studying. D) Enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English. 49. The officers is ready for the briefing. Which part is wrong? A) For. B) Is. C) Ready. D) Briefing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 50. Sentence:She carry her books to school every day. A) Carry. B) No error. C) Books. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carry. 51. Identify the error in the following sentence:She sings more better than her sister. A) sings B) more C) better D) than A) Her. B) Than. C) B. D) Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 52. Sentence:The police investigating the case. A) No error. B) Investigating. C) Case. D) Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Investigating. 53. The lecture was (A) so (B) boring (C) that many students left early (D). A) So. B) Boring. C) That many students left early. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 54. Identify the error in the following sentence:The team has lost all of there games this season. A) The B) has C) lost D) there A) D) there. B) F) this. C) E) team. D) G) season. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D) there. 55. Shi Ling took ..... mother's hand and ..... it gently. A) Her, rubbed. B) She, rub. C) His, rubbing. D) Her, rubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her, rubbed. 56. My mother she is a teacher. A) My mother she a teacher. B) My mother is teacher. C) My mother she is teacher. D) My mother is a teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My mother is a teacher. 57. Identify the misplaced modifier in the following sentence:Eating quickly, the delicious pizza was devoured by the hungry children.A) Eating quicklyB) the delicious pizzaC) was devoured by the hungry children A) The delicious pizza. B) By the hungry children. C) Was devoured by the hungry children. D) Eating quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating quickly. 58. One day, I decided to learn how to make ..... apple pie A) An. B) A. C) The. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An. 59. Which option corrects the comma splice without changing meaning? "She loves to read books, she spends hours in the library." A) She loves to read books so spends hours in the library. B) She loves to read books, and spends hours in the library. C) She loves to read books; she spends hours in the library. D) She loves to read books, spending hours in the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She loves to read books; she spends hours in the library. 60. The report was wrote by the team leader and submitted yesterday. A) Submitted. B) Wrote. C) By. D) Was. 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