This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 43 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shravan studies at an university and works for a MNC A) A ; a. B) An ; an. C) A ; an. D) An ; a. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A ; an. 2. Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 3. Spectators at a football match often get very exciting. A) Spectators in a football match. B) Get very excited. C) Spectators at a football game. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get very excited. 4. T/F:This sentence is correct: "He says me he loves me" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What is the plural of baby? A) Babys. B) Babyes. C) Babies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Babies. 6. How can the following comma splice be corrected? 'The rain fell, the streets flooded.' A) The rain fell, and the streets flooded. B) The rain fell; the streets flooded. C) The rain fell. The streets flooded. D) All of the them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the them. 7. The concerto starts at 2 p.m., but we have to be there ..... 1:45 p.m. when they close the doors. A) By. B) In. C) After. D) Until. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By. 8. Emma is married. She showed us ..... ring today. A) His. B) Her. C) Its. D) Your. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her. 9. I ..... in this company for more than 10 years. A) Have worked. B) Worked. C) Work. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have worked. 10. Harold was surprised by the loud bang. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 11. Between 1990 and 2000, there was a drop of 15% in energy costs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Wish I was/were on holiday. A) A) was. B) B) were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) were. 13. Liz ..... a new bike ..... A) Hasn't buyed / yet. B) Has bout / already. C) Haven't bot / yet. D) Hasn't bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hasn't bought. 14. The list of items are kept on the table A) List of items are. B) List of items is. C) List of item is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) List of items is. 15. Choose a, an, the or zero article.When was ..... last time you went to the cinema? A) /. B) A. C) An. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The. 16. The opening scene of the movie Saving Private Ryan was incredibly realistic. I was quite ..... by it. A) Moving. B) Moved on. C) Moved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moved. 17. Vocab check:I discussed about my problem with my parents. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. $\frac{a}{2}-4=$ A) $\frac{a-4}{2}$. B) $a-8$. C) $\frac{a}{2}-8$. D) $\frac{a-8}{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $\frac{a-8}{2}$. 19. For ..... the Bell Tolls is a famous novel ..... wrote it? A) Who, Whom. B) Whom, Who. C) Who, Who. D) Whom, Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whom, Who. 20. She gave ..... lectures at Hong Kong University last year. A) A series of. B) A series. C) Serieses of. D) A serieses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A series of. 21. The man was cured of his illness. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 22. Which of the following should be written at the beginning of the letter? A) How do you do?. B) Hello, I am Chris Wong. C) Hello, I am writing to propose that the school should cancel examinations. D) I am writing to propose that the school should cancel examinations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I am writing to propose that the school should cancel examinations. 23. Our class is composed of thirty students. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 24. The driver was lucky. He was only slightly ..... A) INJURED. B) DAMAGED. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INJURED. 25. A teenager is a person between ..... A) 3-12. B) 13-20. C) 10-18. D) 12-18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13-20. 26. According to Hebrews 4:12, the Word of God is ..... A) Dead and gone. B) Silent. C) Living and active. D) Both living and dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living and active. 27. I have ..... time to spare before my flight leaves; let's go and have a coffee. A) A few. B) A little. C) Little. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A little. 28. ..... hour A) A. B) An. C) The. D) -. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An. 29. ..... the man ..... took my purse! Stop him and ..... call the police! A) Theirs, who, then. B) Their, whom, than. C) There's, who, then. D) There, whom, than. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There's, who, then. 30. Gobierno is A) Gobernment. B) Government. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government. ← 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