This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Making Mistakes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Making Mistakes Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the correct spelling: A) Mistak. B) Mistake. C) Misteak. D) Mistak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mistake. 2. 10-What attitude should you have towards mistakes in learning? A) Avoid them at all costs. B) Be ashamed of them. C) See them as part of the process. D) Fear making them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See them as part of the process. 3. What is the percentage increase in the price of energy mentioned in the text? A) 30%. B) 20%. C) 15%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25%. 4. Fill in the blank:Information is probably one of the most important elements that you can have in making your ..... and being successful. A) Mistakes. B) Friends. C) Luck. D) Enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luck. 5. A person who thinks he/she cannot grow or learn anything new has a A) Fixed mindset. B) Reality mindset. C) Foggy mindset. D) Growth mindset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed mindset. 6. Find the mistake in the sentence:'I has seen that movie.' A) That movie. B) Has. C) Seen. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 7. What is one of the key ingredients of making a good choice, according to the transcript? A) Ignoring information. B) Following others blindly. C) Taking no risks. D) Sensitivity to the current context of the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensitivity to the current context of the environment. 8. The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections is known as: A) Neuroplasticity. B) Neuronal migration. C) Neurotransmission. D) Neurogenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroplasticity. 9. What is the antonym of 'mistake'? A) Error. B) Blunder. C) Fault. D) Correction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Correction. 10. Only some people make mistakes A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Which statement describes the author's main purpose in the text? A) To show how adults hurt students' intelligence by discouraging mistakes. B) To encourage reader's to make as many mistakes as they can. C) To provide evidence for how mistakes can help you learn. D) To help readers determine if they have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide evidence for how mistakes can help you learn. 12. Which literary device is used in the phrase 'to err is human'? A) Personification. B) Aphorism. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 13. What is the fallacy mentioned amongst experts in the transcript? A) Lack of information. B) Overconfidence. C) Excessive expertise. D) Excessive risk-taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excessive expertise. 14. Is belly breathing the only way to calm down? A) Yes. B) No, I can use positive self talk and counting to help too. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I can use positive self talk and counting to help too. 15. 3-What is most important when you make mistakes? A) Keep trying. B) Blaming others. C) Being perfect. D) Giving up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep trying. 16. 4-What is each mistake considered to be? A) A failure. B) A reason to stop. C) A chance to learn. D) A sign of weakness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A chance to learn. 17. I am very tired. I have been working continuously since 6:00.We use the present perfect continuous "have been working '' because it's ( ..... ) A) Emphasis. B) An unfinished time and unfinished action. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An unfinished time and unfinished action. 18. 5-How should mistakes be seen during the process of learning? A) As roadblocks. B) As stepping stones to success. C) As unimportant. D) As reasons to stop learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As stepping stones to success. 19. Find the mistake in the sentence:'The teacher give us homework.' A) Teacher. B) Us homework. C) Give. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give. 20. What does Dr. Elizabeth Dunn suggest to do with habitual purchases? A) Increase them. B) Double the spending. C) Take a break from them. D) Continue without change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take a break from them. 21. Find the mistakes5. Does you have English on Thursday? A) On. B) Have. C) You. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does. 22. Which item should you not forget when preparing for a music video shoot? A) Batteries. B) Lights. C) Camera. D) SD card. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SD card. 23. What is the first mistake to avoid when making a music video? A) Recording performance shots acapella. B) Forgetting kit. C) Shooting beauty shots from under your eye line. D) Not planning enough. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not planning enough. 24. Finish this mistake:Assuming (or maybe just hoping) that blended learning could make up for a teacher's ..... A) Lack of technology skills. B) Inability to analyze student data. C) Mediocre classroom management. D) Lack of beat boxing skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mediocre classroom management. 25. What is the percentage of Americans who consider themselves financially literate? A) 45%. B) 63%. C) 70%. D) 57%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 57%. 26. What is the title of the show mentioned in the text? A) Talking Business with Ben Thompson. B) Business Talks with Ben Thompson. C) Business Insights with Ben Thompson. D) Business Conversations with Ben Thompson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talking Business with Ben Thompson. 27. How is the memory that Herfeld discovered different from other types of memory? A) It remembers things you did in the past. B) It predicts what will happen in the future. C) It remembers your mistakes. D) It helps you forget mistakes you made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It remembers your mistakes. 28. Which inference can be made from the text? A) People who avoid challenges never strengthen their brain. B) The brain cannot adapt to new environments. C) A fixed mindset is necessary for improving neural connections. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who avoid challenges never strengthen their brain. 29. According to the transcript, what is a great choice? A) A single point in time. B) A commitment to take a path and a series of decisions along that path. C) Following what worked in the past. D) Avoiding risks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A commitment to take a path and a series of decisions along that path. 30. What is a growth mindset? A) The belief that you are who you are. B) The belief that intelligence and ability can be developed and improved. C) The belief that you will always get taller. D) The belief that your head will get bigger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The belief that intelligence and ability can be developed and improved. 31. What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence:'If he ..... a mistake, he will learn from it.' A) Making. B) Made. C) Make. D) Makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Makes. 32. It's good to acknowledge when you have made a mistake A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. At the moment, your concern is making mistakes to remind you that we're in a challenging situation. A) A specific time in the present or future. B) Emphasis. C) A continuously changing event. D) A reference point/ an encompassing action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A specific time in the present or future. 34. In the sentence 'Everyone makes mistakes', what part of speech is 'mistakes'? A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 35. What is the recommended frame rate for shooting slow motion footage in a music video? A) 24 frames per second. B) 60 frames per second. C) 120 frames per second. D) 30 frames per second. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60 frames per second. 36. Why is it good to make mistakes when you are doing something challenging? A) So you know when to give up. B) So you know you just aren't good at certain things. C) So you can learn from your mistakes and continue practicing to get better. D) Mistakes are bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So you can learn from your mistakes and continue practicing to get better. 37. Which of the following was the key idea from this chapter? A) Don't put computers in the classroom until teachers and classrooms show readiness. B) Embrace a culture of making and learning from your own mistakes. C) Micromanage software reps and trainers. D) Be sensitive to the fact that many teachers take great pride in how they've organized their classrooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embrace a culture of making and learning from your own mistakes. 38. 8-How can mistakes be helpful in the learning process? A) They stop you from learning. B) They prevent success. C) They are irrelevant. D) They give you opportunities to improv. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They give you opportunities to improv. 39. Neuroplasticity: A) It is the brain's ability to modify its structure and function, which enables learning. B) It is the formation of new neurotransmitters. C) It means the brain completely stops working after a certain age. D) It has no impact on learning processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is the brain's ability to modify its structure and function, which enables learning. 40. The business world has developed a lot.We use the present perfect "has developed" because it's ( ..... ) A) A change. B) The vague past. C) An unfinished time. D) The conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unfinished time. 41. Which section did the point "If you do this work in isolation, you'll never learn from others, and you'll miss the opportunity to get critical outside feedback on your work" come from? A) Assuming we could run blended on our own as a little blended learning team. B) "Letting a thousand flowers bloom" or running little pilots all over the place. C) Not being disciplined with budgets. D) Keeping our success to ourselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keeping our success to ourselves. 42. Did one group in the experiment do better than the other? A) Yes, they both hit the target faster during the last set of rotations. B) No, they both hit the target faster during the last set of rotations. C) Yes, the group with counterclockwise rotations did better. D) No, the group with counterclockwise rotations did btter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, they both hit the target faster during the last set of rotations. 43. What is the advice given by Dr. Elizabeth Dunn to help check spending? A) Consider your future self. B) Buy experiences over material things. C) Focus on instant gratification. D) Ignore financial literacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consider your future self. 44. It's good to learn from your mistakes A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. In David Herfeld's experiment, participants moved a cursor across a screen, and their errors were recorded. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. The high-stakes and unfamiliar nature of these situations have left many people feeling fearful of missteps. A) The vague past. B) An unfinished time. C) A change. D) The conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An unfinished time. 47. What is the term used for choosing smaller immediate purchases over larger delayed ones? A) Delayed Reward Discounting. B) Scarcity Effect. C) Immediate Gratification. D) Loss Aversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delayed Reward Discounting. 48. Emotional agility skills are an antidote to this paralysis. A) A stative verb. B) A recurring event. C) A universal truth. D) The conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A universal truth. 49. Reread these sentences from the text:People can ignore a mistake by simply pretending it never happened. Or they can mull it over.If the word "mull" was changed to "think, " how would the new connotation change the meaning of the sentence? A) It would make the sentence stronger. B) It would make the sentence weaker. C) It would not change the statement at all. D) It would mean the opposite of "mull". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would make the sentence weaker. 50. Making mistakes benefit the brain's neural pathways because: A) They promote neuroplasticity which enhances learning and problem-solving. B) They lead to neural damage. C) They do not affect the brain's neural pathways. D) They cause confusion in neural signaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They promote neuroplasticity which enhances learning and problem-solving. 51. How did Beatrice feel after knowing making mistakes are okay A) Sad. B) Mad. C) Happy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happy. 52. Read this sentence from the passage.She tore another page from her notebook, scrunched it into a ball, and sighed. These actions show that Kelly feels- A) Tired. B) Embarrassed. C) Upset. D) Amused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Upset. 53. Identify the mistake in the sentence:'He don't know the answer.' A) The answer. B) Know. C) He. D) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't. 54. I drink water every day.We use the simple present "drink" because it's ( ..... ). A) A universal truth. B) A stative verb. C) A recurring event. D) The conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A recurring event. 55. If you're doing this and limit over-monitoring or overchecking. Avoid panicked, frenzied behavior. A) Emphasis. B) A reference point/ an encompassing action. C) A continuously changing event. D) A specific time in the present or future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reference point/ an encompassing action. 56. At the end, what mistake did Beatrice make? A) She tripped on stage. B) She had the pepper shaker instead of the salt shaker. C) She was dancing on stage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had the pepper shaker instead of the salt shaker. 57. What does the word "neuroplasticity" most likely mean based on the text? A) The process of neurons activating in patterns. B) The ability of the brain to change and grow. C) A belief that mistakes lead to failure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability of the brain to change and grow. 58. Find the mistake in the sentence:'They was going to the park.' A) They. B) Was. C) Going. D) To the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 59. What is the text structure of paragraph 8? A) Problem and solution. B) Spatial. C) Cause and effect. D) Compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compare and contrast. 60. Even after a long pause between experiments, participants showed a high recall of past errors. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesMaking Mistakes Quiz 1Making Mistakes Quiz 3Accept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes QuizCommon Modifier Errors QuizCommon Usage Errors QuizCommon Word Errors Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books