This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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). 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. "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. 6. 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. 7. Annette complained for the weather. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) It is actually an old farmhouse which people are changing to make it modern. 11. The bank manager was sitting on his desk. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 12. [ Formal Conjunctions ] Choose the appropriate conjunction:There was a terrible accident this morning ..... , the road is congested. A) However. B) Furthermore. C) ConsequentlyTagsFormal Conjunctions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ConsequentlyTagsFormal Conjunctions. 13. (modal verbs)It is believed that students ..... perform well in class in order to get a higher daily marks. A) May. B) Might. C) Maybe. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Should. 14. $\frac{4}{10}-\frac{1}{5}=$ A) $\frac{3}{5}$. B) $\frac{1}{5}$. C) $\frac{3}{50}$. D) $-\frac{1}{5}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $\frac{1}{5}$. 15. The lizard lost ..... tail when the cat attacked it. A) Its. B) It's. C) Its'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its. 16. We can show kindness ..... helping each other. A) Buy. B) By. C) Bye. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By. 17. I have a few/few suggestions for you.b) few A) A) a few. B) A) few. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) a few. 18. The class ..... going on a bus to the art museum. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 19. We will have to ..... to pass the CPA exam. A) Hardly study. B) Study hard. C) Study hardly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study hard. 20. Choose the correct preposition:He is responsible for/to managing the team. A) B) of. B) A) for. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A) for. 21. The researchers ..... using 'It's not brain surgery' is OK when we need rapid problem solving A) Say. B) Suggest. C) Compare. D) Think. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Say. 22. I woke up ..... because I heard a strange noise outside my bedroom window. A) Noon. B) Midnight. C) Nighttime. D) In the middle of the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the middle of the night. 23. I need to ..... for the exam A) Practise. B) Practice. C) Practical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Practice. 24. I'd forgotten ..... to Canada when I was small, but then my parents showed me the photos. A) To go. B) Going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Going. 25. Which of the following are NOT true about diagonals of a rhombus? A) They are perpendicular. B) They bisect each other. C) They are congruent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are congruent. ← 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