This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 26 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He was a man of ..... and good to his word A) Principle. B) Principal. C) Principple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principle. 2. Joe ..... football on Monday at 5pm. A) Play. B) Played. C) Is paying. D) Is played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is paying. 3. I feel ..... about the exam. A) Worry. B) Worried. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worried. 4. Which is the mistake when someone reads the Bible as a collection of moral tales? A) I don't know. B) Ignoring passages of the Bible. C) Treating the Bible allegorically. D) Fairy tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treating the Bible allegorically. 5. Choose the correct word to finish this sentence:He went over ..... A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There. 6. Correct or incorrect:Luis goes to home at 7 pm. A) That's correct. B) That's incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That's incorrect. 7. I will contact you as soon as I will/have finished the report. A) A) will. B) B) have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) have. 8. Mr Smith has arrived in London. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 9. Is it true that $3^3=9$ A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 10. We ..... that rocket scientists and brain surgeons are super-brainy. A) Need. B) Think. C) Suggest. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Think. 11. "Emmett Till's murder by white men during the summer of 1955 shocked the nation and helped galvanize the civil rights movement." Here "galvanize" means ..... A) A refusal to buy or use goods and services to show disapproval or bring about change. B) To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose. C) To clear a person of criminal charges; to declare not guilty. D) Having to do with citizenship; community minded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To inspire people to act for a cause or a purpose. 12. Your pencil is the same ..... mine. A) For. B) As. C) No word needed. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As. 13. Elke's very careful of her health. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 14. Look at this video that I found ..... Youtube. A) On. B) In. C) Through. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 15. Those are ..... cameras. A) Her. B) I. C) He. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 16. Many people like to go on vacation in the summer. A) People like. B) People likes. C) Peoples like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People like. 17. The main character in a story A) Resolution. B) Protagonist. C) Theme. D) Character traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 18. My friends and I go ..... every weekend in Shinjuku. A) Drinking. B) Drink. C) To drinking. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drinking. 19. Which one is an adjective (Position:before a noun) A) Everyday. B) Every day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyday. 20. What's your PIN number? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 21. Who left ..... A) This stuff here?. B) These stuff here?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This stuff here?. 22. She likes to go on internet in the evenings. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. After lunch, I always ..... down on the sofa. A) Lay. B) Lie. C) Lain. D) Laid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lie. 24. James boasted for his strength. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 25. (in reported speech, interjections are replaced with appropriate verbs to convey their meaning) A) He said "splendid" when I told him about my new job. B) He gave an exclamation of delight when I told him about my new job. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He gave an exclamation of delight when I told him about my new job. 26. My brother started to indulge in video games. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. The photos are ..... Instagram. A) At. B) In. C) On. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 28. Hurry up! Grab your bags and ..... A) Get in the bus!. B) Get inside the bus. C) Get on the bus. D) Get to the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get on the bus. 29. Taking a train or subway to work is quite ..... in Japan. A) Popular. B) Common. C) Big. D) Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Common. 30. My ..... house is much better compared to the old one. A) Present. B) Nowadays. C) Now. D) Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Current. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCommon Mistakes Quiz 1Common Mistakes Quiz 2Common Mistakes Quiz 3Common Mistakes Quiz 4Common Mistakes Quiz 5Common Mistakes Quiz 6Common Mistakes Quiz 7Common Mistakes Quiz 8Common Mistakes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books