This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 50 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We try to keep up-to-date with new developments in information technology. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Which suffix(es) would you add to good to make it mean a state of or condition of being good? A) -ness. B) -ion /-tion /-ation /-ition. C) -ful. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ness. 3. World news help people stay informed. A) People. B) News. C) Help. D) World. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Help. 4. Golf courses in Japan are quite challenging because they are hilly, and the fairways are ..... A) Wide. B) Little. C) Large. D) Narrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrow. 5. She was thinking about travel to Italy. Why is this sentence wrong? A) The verb after the preposition must take the-ing ending according to the "preposition + verb-ing" rule. B) The preposition is not necessary. "That" should be used instead. C) The first tense is wrong. It must be "is thinking". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The verb after the preposition must take the-ing ending according to the "preposition + verb-ing" rule. 6. The man came to the shop to ..... about the poor service got A) Claim. B) Complement. C) Complain. D) Culp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complain. 7. Beans ..... my stomach. You don't want ..... be around for the ..... A) Affect, to, effect. B) Effect, too, affect. C) Affect, too, effect. D) Effect, to, affect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affect, to, effect. 8. Which suffix would you add to fear to make it mean without fear? A) -less. B) Un-. C) -ful. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -less. 9. Jeje jaja, you are so ..... A) Funny. B) Fun. C) Funy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Funny. 10. She organized ..... things. A) Your. B) Yours. C) Hers. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her. 11. Then, what would be the correct option? A) I can't get any satisfaction / We don't need any self control. B) I can get no satisfaction / We need no self-control. C) Both options are OK. D) None of the options are OK. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both options are OK. 12. Elle ..... (she is called) A) M'appelle. B) S'appelle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S'appelle. 13. My ..... farm has five different kinds of animals. (grandfather) A) Grandfathers. B) Grandfather's. C) Grandfathers'. D) Grandfathers's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandfather's. 14. I can't ..... the document . (access / assess) A) Access. B) Assess. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Access. 15. Vocab check:Email is now our main mean of communication. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 16. The shoes belong to Sara. They are ..... shoes. A) Her. B) Hers. C) His. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her. 17. Have you ever taken part ..... a team competition? A) In. B) On. C) At. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 18. They stopped at a small petrol station ..... the way to Rome. A) In. B) On. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 19. The chef told us not to ..... the food with our dirty hands A) Take. B) Put. C) Touch. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Touch. 20. Contact center agents should resolve customer complaints, provide service's information, and ..... A) Respond to emails. B) Is responding to emails. C) Should respond to emails. D) Must respond to emails. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respond to emails. 21. Vocab check:She became a US citizen. A) Right. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 22. Some people eat pizza with fork. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. I'm the best ..... A) On the world. B) For the world. C) In the world. D) World. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the world. 24. On December 1, 1955, another black woman refused to give up her seat. This time, E.D. Nixon believed he had found the woman he believed that could inspire a battle against bus segregation. A) Mary Louise Smith. B) Claudette Colvin. C) Rosa Parks. D) Edwina Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosa Parks. 25. The soldiers ..... to give up their weapons. A) DISAGREED. B) DENIED. C) REFUSED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) REFUSED. ← 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