This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 32 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Malaysia possesses less petroleum than our country but citizens of Malaysia are more prosperous than we. A) Possesses. B) Petroleum. C) Are. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We. 2. If it were up to me, we would not go on the trip to the zoo. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 3. Danny spent such enjoyable vacation in Europe this summer that he plans to return as soon as he saves enough money. A) Such enjoyable. B) That he. C) To return. D) Saves enough money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Such enjoyable. 4. In spite of my father is old, he still goes to work. A) In spite of. B) Old. C) Goes. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In spite of. 5. Clouds, foggy, (A) and dust (B) in the (C) atmosphere absorb (D) ultra-violet rays. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 6. There are twenty species of wild roses in North America, all of which have prickly stems, pinnate leaves, and large flowers, which usually smell sweetly. A) Are. B) Have. C) Which. D) Sweetly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sweetly. 7. The World Health Organization was established in 7 April 1948. A) The. B) Organization. C) Established. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 8. I wish my bother were here. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 9. It took Donna many weeks to perfect her pirouette, but when she finally mastered it, she wouldn't stop being shown off in front of us. A) To perfect. B) It took. C) Being shown off. D) Wouldn't stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being shown off. 10. Neither my brother or my sister knows I have been sick for three months now. No Error A) Or. B) Knows. C) Been. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 11. To maintain the flow of energy and nutrients through the system, Ecosystems have a structure which consisting of producers, consumers, and decomposers. A) To maintain. B) Have. C) Structure. D) Consisting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consisting. 12. Identify the error in the sentence: "There is ten students in the class." A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 13. I like all flavors of ice cream accept strawberry. How should this sentence be re-written? A) I like all flavors of ice cream beside strawberry. B) I like all flavors of ice cream except strawberry. C) No error. D) I like all flavors of ice cream with the acception of strawberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I like all flavors of ice cream except strawberry. 14. Dengue fever, which is a mosquito-borne infection that causes severely flu-like symptoms, is the biggest killer of children under 10 in the world. A) Mosquito-borne. B) The. C) Severely. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Severely. 15. Photograph was revolutionized in 1831 by the introduction of the collodion process for making glass negatives. A) Photograph. B) By the. C) Of. D) For making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photograph. 16. The problem with the students is that they arrive late, gives no excuse, and are rude when spoken to. A) Is. B) Gives. C) Spoken. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives. 17. If I was the principal, I would make the student council dedicate their time to issues that concern all students. A) Principal. B) Was. C) Concern all students. D) Council dedicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 18. Choose the correct verb:Each of the students ..... a textbook. A) Have. B) Has. C) Having. D) Are having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 19. Kettledrums, what were first played on horseback, were incorporated into the orchestra in the eighteenth century. A) What. B) Played. C) Were. D) Into the. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 20. John can read the sign language as he used to stay in the deaf friend for three years. A) Read. B) Used. C) In. D) Three years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 21. Mobile telephones have replaced the pagers as the most common accouterments of the up-to-date young businesspersons. A) Have. B) The pagers. C) Most common. D) Up-to-date. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pagers. 22. Jon's daily routine is a little boring but he like it. A) Routine. B) Little. C) Like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like. 23. Both(A) Lisa and Tuti is(B) interested in(C) the(D) field research A) Is. B) In. C) The. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 24. Find the error of the sentencesCommunicating like collaborating and thinking critically become the most demanding skill in 21st century. A) And. B) Become. C) The most. D) Demanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become. 25. The oldest of the triplets is the activest one, perhaps because he intuitively knows that he is the big brother who needs to take care of everyone. A) Because. B) Who. C) Of. D) Activest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Activest. 26. It was impossible to choose between the litter, because all of the kittens were just too adorable! A) Between. B) , because. C) Kittens. D) Adorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 27. The more they advertise, the least expensive things are. A) The more. B) Advertise. C) The least. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The least. 28. Hundred years ago there were many villages and a little towns in England. A) A little. B) Years. C) Were. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A little. 29. On the huge (A) Ferris wheel constructed (B) for a world exhibition in Chicago in 1893, each of (C) the thirty-six cabs could held (D) sixty people. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 30. Which sentence has a possessive apostrophe error? A) James's car is red. B) The dogs' bowls are empty. C) The womens' meeting starts now. D) Childrens' toys are everywhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Childrens' toys are everywhere. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesError Recognition Quiz 1Error Recognition Quiz 2Error Recognition Quiz 3Error Recognition Quiz 4Error Recognition Quiz 5Error Recognition Quiz 6Error Recognition Quiz 7Error Recognition Quiz 8Error Recognition Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books