This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 29 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She asked me how old ..... A) My husband is. B) My husband was. C) Is my husband. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My husband was. 2. In 1995, total expenditures on recreation of United States was 184 billion dollars, nearly as triple as that of Asia, which was only 67 billion. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 3. What should r be in the compound interest formula if 0.3% is the given interest rate? A) 0.3. B) 0.03. C) 30. D) 0.003. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.003. 4. The hockey players shook hands ..... the end of the match. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At. 5. Dear Mr Guterres, ..... (Atentament) A) Yours faithfully. B) Yours faithfuly. C) Yours sincerely. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yours sincerely. 6. To have a good relationship A) Bring up. B) Give up. C) Get on with. D) Take up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get on with. 7. I broke my hand last week and had to have surgery. The ..... on the x-ray looked terrible. A) Imagine. B) Image. C) Imagination. D) Imagined. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Image. 8. These jobs cannot be done by unexperienced young people. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Art books are expensive to produce, ..... if they contain colour illustrations. A) Especially. B) Specially. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Especially. 10. A little girl was playing the golf with the teacher. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. This is an exception to the rule. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 12. The number of buses on our roads has increased each year. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. My family A) Ma famille. B) Ma famile. C) Mon famille. D) Ma family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ma famille. 14. Getting back to the interviewer A) I will reply to your mail with my resume. B) I will reply back to your mail with my resume. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will reply to your mail with my resume. 15. A:What time is it? B:(a) almost eight o'clock. A) A. It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. It's. 16. '' Stop running around the house or you're going to ..... something!" , says my mother to my little sister. A) Break. B) Brake. C) Brek. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break. 17. By 2021, more than six hundred children were enrolled in the school. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The word ..... means "to clear a person of criminal charges; to declare not guilty." A) Acquit. B) Concession. C) Supremacy. D) Boycott. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquit. 19. My birthday is ..... December. A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 20. Which of the following sentences contains a parallelism error? A) He enjoys hiking, biking, and to swim. B) She loves painting, drawing, and sculpting. C) They plan to travel, to explore, and visiting museums. D) We will go to the park, have a picnic, and play games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He enjoys hiking, biking, and to swim. 21. The choir from East High School ..... the loudest. A) Sings. B) Sing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sings. 22. Its is possessive (True or False) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Which rule fits the word "believe" ? A) I before e. B) E before i. C) Double consonant. D) Silent letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I before e. 24. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH. Me levanto a las 7:00. A) I get up at 7:00. B) I despertar at 7:00. C) I gets up in 7:00. D) I get up in 7:00. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I get up at 7:00. 25. $8^{-1}=$ A) $7$. B) $-\frac{1}{8}$. C) $\frac{1}{8}$. D) $0.8$. E) $8$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $\frac{1}{8}$. 26. Yesterday, I goed to the cinema with my friends. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 27. I will meet you on tomorrow. A) On tomorrow. B) Tomorrow. C) At tomorrow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tomorrow. 28. Vocabulary check:The first reason is that sitting in front of TV screens for too long is detrimental for children's health. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 29. Find the error in this parallelism: "He enjoys playing football, to sing in the shower, and eating pizza." A) Playing football. B) To sing in the shower. C) And eating pizza. D) There's no mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To sing in the shower. 30. Choose a word to replace "so" in the following sentence: "It was so a hot day that we decided to stay at home and watch TV." A) Such. B) Very. C) Really. D) O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Such. ← 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