This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Mistakes – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Mistakes Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Susie goes to ..... school. A) Their. B) They're. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their. 2. To means ..... A) The number 2. B) Also/as well. C) Motion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motion. 3. You will depart to Paris tomorrow? have a ..... ! A) Safe flight. B) Save flight. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Safe flight. 4. How do you say you need to do something immediately? A) I should do it later. B) I must do it immediately. C) I can do it tomorrow. D) I might do it soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I must do it immediately. 5. What is the name for a group of words with a subject and a verb but that does not express a complete thought? A) Independent clause. B) Subordinating conjunctions. C) Direct objects. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent clause. 6. What is the correct possessive form of 'children'? A) Childrens'. B) Children's. C) Childrens. D) Child's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children's. 7. Affect means A) Result. B) Both. C) None. D) Influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Influence. 8. Off means A) Away. B) Connected with/to. C) None. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Away. 9. The girl who I met is from London.What is the name of the clause this sentence can be changed into? A) Relative clause. B) Dating clause. C) Contact clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contact clause. 10. Put ..... around a speaker's exact words A) Commas. B) Speaker's tags. C) Quotation marks. D) An indention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks. 11. They ate dinner and ..... walked home. A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 12. Which one uses the correct Their, There, They're? A) It's their fault for breaking the vase. B) It's there fault for breaking the vase. C) It's they're fault for breaking the vase. D) None. E) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's their fault for breaking the vase. 13. Accept means ..... A) Both. B) To exlude. C) Neither. D) To approve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To approve. 14. ..... is my best friend! A) Their. B) There. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There. 15. Shemet ..... at the gym. A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 16. What is the correct punctuation for compound sentences? A) A comma before the coordinating conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. B) A semicolon before the coordinating conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. C) No punctuation is needed when connecting two independent clauses. D) A period before the coordinating conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comma before the coordinating conjunction when connecting two independent clauses. 17. I ..... known you were here. A) Should've. B) Should of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should've. 18. When you finish your rough draft, send it to your partner and ..... A) I. B) Me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. 19. What is the role of an adjective in a sentence? A) An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun, providing more information about it. B) An adjective is a type of verb that shows action. C) An adjective connects two clauses in a sentence. D) An adjective is a word that describes an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun, providing more information about it. 20. A: "Thank you for your help"B: " ..... " A) Your welcome. B) You're welcome. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You're welcome. 21. Where's the noun?" My hero is obviously Iron Man" A) My. B) Obviously. C) Is. D) Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hero. 22. That group of lawyers ..... like to eat there anymore. A) Doesnt. B) Didn't. C) Doesn't. D) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doesn't. 23. We went to the park over ..... A) Their. B) They're. C) There. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There. 24. What is the correct way to express a future action:'I will go' or 'I go'? A) I will go. B) I go. C) I am going. D) I went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will go. 25. Select the sentence that avoids the common pronoun-antecedent agreement error. A) Each of the students must bring their own pencil. B) Each of the students must bring his or her own pencil. C) Each of the students must bring their own pencils. D) Each of the students must bring his or her own pencils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Each of the students must bring his or her own pencil. ← 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 9Common Mistakes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books