This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Identifying Errors In Sentences – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Identifying Errors In Sentences Quiz 1 (37 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I know English good. A) English. B) Good. C) Know. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good. 2. Identify the error in the sentence:There was signs of neglect showing that no one was living there. A) Of. B) Was. C) Was. D) Showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 3. Find the mistake in the sentence:Please convey my best wish to your mother when you see her. A) Please. B) See. C) Convey. D) Wish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wish. 4. Identify the error in the sentence:Can you write an article to be include in the next issue of the magazine? A) Issue. B) Can. C) Article. D) Include. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Include. 5. His eyes were like icebergs reflecting a blue sky. A) His. B) A. C) Were. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His. 6. Find the mistake in the sentence:I am sorry to say that your son has been absence from school for a week. A) Sorry. B) For. C) Absence. D) Say. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absence. 7. Identify the error in the sentence:One of the former student donated a large sum of money to the school. A) Student. B) Of. C) Sum. D) Donated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Student. 8. Find the mistake in the sentence:To who did you pass the message I gave you? A) Who. B) You. C) No error. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 9. Find the mistake in the sentence:The firemen put off the fire quickly but the house was burnt down. A) Burnt. B) Put off. C) Down. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put off. 10. Find the mistake in the sentence:The contestant hitted the target with great accuracy. A) Accuracy. B) With. C) Hitted. D) Target. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hitted. 11. Identify the error in the sentence:After a few moment, the woman opened the window and looked out curiously. A) Looked. B) Moment. C) Opened. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moment. 12. Identify the error in the sentence:The branch struck him hard and lay him unconscious. A) Hard. B) The. C) Struck. D) Lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lay. 13. I am a farmer. Some years dat's good money. A) Dat's. B) Am. C) No error. D) A farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dat's. 14. What is wrong with this sentence?Grab you're bag so we can leave for Disneyland. A) Disneyland is two words. B) Its missing a comma. C) You're should be your. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You're should be your. 15. "An de visa?" demanded Isabella. A) An only. B) De only. C) Demanded. D) An de. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An de. 16. Choose the sentence without any mistake A) We is destroying our planet in the process. B) We are destroying our planet in the process. C) We was destroying our planet in the process. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are destroying our planet in the process. 17. Only one applicant at a time is permitted at the service window. A) A. B) Is. C) At. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No error. 18. 7-Choose the sentence without any mistake A) We need to change this bad habits and to focus on the three Rs-Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!. B) We needs changes these bad habits and to focus on the three Rs-Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!. C) We need to change these bad habits and to focus on the three Rs-Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We need to change these bad habits and to focus on the three Rs-Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!. 19. Cristobal apply for a visa.What is the correct way to write the sentence above? A) Cristobal applying for a visa. B) Cristobal applies for an visa. C) Cristobal applies for a visa. D) Cristobal applying for an visa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cristobal applies for a visa. 20. 6-Choose the right sentence A) Recycling extends the life of products that we no longer need. B) Recycling extend the life of products that we no longer need. C) Recycle extends the life of products that we no longer need. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycling extends the life of products that we no longer need. 21. Identify the error in the sentence:Aside from Shakespeare, perhaps no writer in English have engaged the public's imagination more thoroughly than Charles Dickens. A) Have. B) No error. C) More thoroughly than. D) Aside from. E) Perhaps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 22. Identify the error in the sentence:He lead me to the rear of the shop where more goods were stacked. A) Lead. B) Stacked. C) Goods. D) Rear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lead. 23. 3-Choose the right sentence A) We will have to changing so that life can continue. B) We will has to change so that life can continue. C) We will have to change so that life can continue. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We will have to change so that life can continue. 24. He can't even attend the funeral even dough all his papers in order.Find the two errors. A) Can't even attendall his papers in order. B) Even doughall his papers in order. C) Even dough can't even attend. D) Even doughhe can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even doughall his papers in order. 25. Identify the error in the sentence:Many common English words such as shampoo, pajamas and bungalow were first used on the Indian sub-continent and have its origins in the Hindi language. A) Such as. B) Its origins. C) Many common. D) Were first used. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its origins. 26. Find the mistake in the sentence:Unless you finish all your homework, you can watch television. A) Can. B) You. C) Finish. D) Homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 27. My brother Benito he dead. A) No error. B) Brother. C) He dead. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He dead. 28. Find the mistake in the sentence:Successful applicants will be paid attracting salary, bonus and fringe benefits. A) Paid. B) Attracting. C) Successful. D) Benefits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attracting. 29. 2-Choose the right sentence A) We is destroying our planet in the process. B) We are destroying our planet in the process. C) We was destroying our planet in the process. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are destroying our planet in the process. 30. Find the mistake in the sentence:Can you borrow me your book for a few days? A) For. B) Can. C) Your. D) Borrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Borrow. 31. Find the mistake in the sentence:The villagers carried out a through search for the missing child. A) Carried. B) For. C) Missing. D) Through. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Through. 32. Identify the error in the sentence:Japanese literature is noted for distinctive forms of drama as well as their poetry A) Distinctive. B) Their poetry. C) As well as. D) No error. E) Is noted for. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their poetry. 33. We put you an the embassy in every newspaper in Belize. Find the two errors. A) Put and an. B) Put and in. C) An and in. D) An and you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put and an. 34. Identify the error in the sentence:Decided to leave, I packed my clothes and left a note to say I had gone. A) Decided. B) Packed. C) I had gone. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decided. 35. Find the mistake in the sentence:My friend asked me to go for shopping with her but I refused. A) For. B) Asked. C) Refused. D) Shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 36. Identify the error in the sentence:There were marks on the snow but it were unrecognizable. A) It. B) Unrecognizable. C) Were. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It. 37. Identify the error in the sentence:The dog wagged it's tail when it saw me approaching. A) Approaching. B) Saw. C) It's. D) Wagged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAccept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes QuizCommon Modifier Errors QuizCommon Usage Errors QuizCommon Word Errors QuizCommonly Confused Words QuizConjunction Errors In Sentences Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books