This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. [ Everyday Conjunctions ] Choose the appropriate conjunction:I want to take a break, ..... I've been working for a very long time A) For. B) So. C) But. D) AndTagsEveryday Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 2. Choose a, an, the or zero article.What's your ..... favourite colour? A) /. B) A. C) An. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /. 3. Choose the correct version. A) How much is the temperature?. B) What is the temperature?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is the temperature?. 4. The programme is ..... at a very wide audience. A) INTENDED. B) AIMED. C) POINTED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AIMED. 5. I fell off of my skateboard yesterday and landed on my ..... It is quite bruised and painful. It hurts when I sit. A) Hip. B) Bottom. C) Rear up. D) Hips. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bottom. 6. I need to ..... my kids at school before I go to work A) Drop off. B) Pass. C) Put. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drop off. 7. Which one is the correct one ..... A) I do siegtseeing, I find it very relaxing. B) I do sightseeing, It helps me to release my pressure. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I do siegtseeing, I find it very relaxing. 8. I prefer ..... music to pop. A) Classic. B) Classical. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classical. 9. Ells van firmar els papers. A) They firmed the papers. B) They firm the papers. C) They signatured the papers. D) They signed the papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They signed the papers. 10. Choose the most correct answer! A) Nigeria comprises 36 states. B) Nigeria comprises of 36 states. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nigeria comprises 36 states. 11. He traveled by train yesterday. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 12. $3^{-2}=$ A) $\frac{2}{3}$. B) $-\frac{2}{3}$. C) $\frac{3}{2}$. D) $\frac{3}{-2}$. E) $\frac{1}{9}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) $\frac{1}{9}$. 13. Which of the following sentences is right? A) A. Kashmir is known for its sceneries. B) B, Kashmir is known for its scenery. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B, Kashmir is known for its scenery. 14. If you wish you hadn't done something in the past you ..... doing something. A) Are sorry. B) Apologize. C) Regret. D) Want not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regret. 15. We do not have ..... at the end of each meal. A) Desert. B) Dessert. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dessert. 16. A new piece of music was ..... written for the occasion. A) Specially. B) Especially. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Especially. 17. Choose the correct word to finish this sentence:Do you know ..... this book belongs? A) Where. B) Wear. C) We're. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where. 18. Have you seen the ..... ? A) New. B) News. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) News. 19. ..... , I would like to introduce myself. () A) AT FIRST. B) FIRST OF ALL. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FIRST OF ALL. 20. Grammar check:It was a crisis for that she was totally unprepared. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 21. My father's cooking tastes ..... better than my mother's. A) More. B) Bit. C) (nothing). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (nothing). 22. Researchers ..... 329 aerospace engineers and 72 neurosurgeons on six areas of cognition. A) Wanted. B) Compared. C) Needed. D) Tested. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tested. 23. He's been working four hours of overtime for the past three months. He ..... A) Hardly works. B) Works hard. C) Takes a break. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Works hard. 24. I ..... to eat Mexican food.We ..... to eat Maxican food.He ..... to eat Maxican food.They ..... to eat Maxican food.She ..... to eat Maxican food. A) Want-want-want-want-want. B) Want-want-wants-want-wants. C) Want-wants-wants-want-wants. D) Wants-wants-want-wants-want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Want-want-wants-want-wants. 25. "I like singing." (Miss Sparkle) A) She said she liked sing. B) She said she liked sang. C) Miss Sparkle said that she like sang. D) She said that she like sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She said she liked sing. 26. Los Angeles is ..... the west coast of the United States. A) In. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 27. Annette complained for the weather. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 28. What's wrong in these sentences?Furthemore a housewife died after falling into the river. Also parents were disappointed. A) Absence of capital letters. B) Word order. C) Absence of commas. D) Word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absence of commas. 29. They didn't played the piano. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 30. Which sentence uses the correct verb form? A) A) It is actually an old farmhouse which people are changing to make it modern. B) B) It is actually an old farmhouse which people is changing to make it modern. C) C) It is actually an old farmhouse which people are change to make it modern. D) None of the above. 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