This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 31 (25 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. ← 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