This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Usage Errors – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Usage Errors Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Even if we do miss our flight, everything will still be ..... A) All right. B) Alright. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All right. 2. Do not bring ..... items to school. A) Illicit. B) Ellicit. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illicit. 3. Unfortunately, there are only ..... doughnuts left. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 4. The woman tried to ..... that the worker was wrong A) Imply. B) Infer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imply. 5. Wait for Mary; she has to goo to the bathroom to. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 6. Identify the sentence that correctly uses 'there', 'their', and 'they're'. A) There excited for the trip. B) They're backpacks are on the table. C) The books over there are theirs. D) Their going to the beach next weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The books over there are theirs. 7. I admire the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, and many of my own poems contain ..... to Poe's verse. A) Illusions. B) Allusions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusions. 8. The fruit crop will be shared equally ..... all five of the families in the farm cooperative. A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among. 9. Did you fly ..... last year? A) A lot. B) Alot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lot. 10. When the airline announced that the flight was oversold, a scuffle broke out ..... several passengers. A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among. 11. ..... always late to class! A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 12. Select the sentence that correctly avoids the use of 'this here' or 'that there'. A) That there dog won't stop barking. B) I can't believe that there is happening. C) This here book is my favorite. D) This dog is the cutest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This dog is the cutest. 13. The ..... of missing items is concerning ! A) Amount. B) Number. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Number. 14. Which of the following signifies the passage of time? A) Then. B) Than. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then. 15. ..... you should considering stepping down from your position if you are too stressed. A) May be. B) Maybe. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maybe. 16. I ..... about what strangers think; they don't know me. A) Could care less. B) Couldn't care less. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't care less. 17. The ..... of tardies you have so far is unacceptable! A) Number. B) Amount. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number. 18. While we are eating snack, ..... reading Chasing Vermeer. A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're. 19. The girl ..... dog ran away is in our back yard. A) Who's. B) Whose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whose. 20. I can ..... from your tone of voice that you are angry. A) Imply. B) Infer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infer. 21. The milk is past ..... expiration date. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 22. There was much unity ..... the all team members. A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among. 23. Professor Hawking has ..... a position as Visiting Professor at our university. A) Accepted. B) Excepted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accepted. 24. "I played so bad at the game that the coach benched me ..... humiliating!" A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 25. The children are also going ..... the movies. A) To. B) Too. C) Two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCommon Usage Errors Quiz 1Common Usage Errors Quiz 3Common Usage Errors Quiz 4Common Usage Errors Quiz 5Accept Vs. 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