This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Each number in a binary system are formed from only two symbols. A) A binary. B) Are. C) Formed. D) Only two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 2. Not only the players (A) but also the coach were disappointed (B) with the result, (C) despite their effort. (D) No error A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 3. Gloucester, along with many other New England coastal towns, depended with the success of the cod harvest. A) Many. B) Coastal. C) With. D) Harvest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 4. Identify the error in the sentence: "She don't never go to the park." A) Doesn't ever. B) Doesn't never. C) Don't ever. D) Don't none. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't ever. 5. My old computer retrieves information as quick as your smartphone. A) Old. B) Retrieves. C) Information. D) As quick as. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As quick as. 6. The duties of the secretary are (A) to take (B) the minutes, mailing (C) the correspondence, and calling the members before the meetings.(D) A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 7. He has (A) been working for this company (B) since five years, and (C) he never took a day off. (D) No error A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 8. What is the main idea of the following passage? 'The rain poured down in torrents, flooding the streets and causing chaos in the city.' A) The city is experiencing a drought. B) The rain is causing problems in the city. C) The city is celebrating a festival. D) The streets are clean and dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain is causing problems in the city. 9. I enjoyed study geography at school and now I have enrolled at the Faculty of Social Science. A) Study. B) At. C) Have enrolled. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study. 10. Find the mistake in the sentence below. Click on the letter of the section where the mistake occurs. If there is no mistake choose E.(A) Although he has lived in England (B) since he was fifteen, (C) he still speaks English (D) much badly. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. E) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 11. Identify the error in the sentence: "The flowers smells good." A) Smell. B) Smelt. C) Smelling. D) Smelted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smell. 12. That water has a very high specific heat means that without a large temperature change water can add or lose a large number of heat. A) Number. B) That. C) Means. D) Add. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Number. 13. In my first encounter with Lita's parents, I began to break the ice by talking about family matters. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 14. The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable. A) Progress. B) Made. C) In space. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For. 15. Identify the error in the following sentence:'If I was you, I would take the offer.' A) 'Was' should be 'Were'. B) 'You' should be 'Me'. C) 'Take' should be 'Took'. D) 'Offer' should be 'Offers'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Was' should be 'Were'. 16. These games are challenging, but it's not easy to spend little time playing them. A) Are. B) But. C) Little. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 17. One of the boys were unlucky and met with a bad accident on the eve of his examination. A) Were. B) Met with. C) Bad accident. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 18. Hawkeye was a character who James Fenimore Cooper created for The Last of the Mohicans. A) Hawkeye. B) Who. C) Created. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who. 19. It is common for Japanese to adapt foreign customs and make them their own. A) Is. B) Japanese. C) And. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japanese. 20. Which word is often misspelled? A) Library. B) Resturant. C) February. D) Calendar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resturant. 21. I had so few(A) job offers(B) that its(C) was not difficult(D) to select one A) Few. B) Offers. C) Its. D) Difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its. 22. In our city, July is more crowded month for taking vacations. A) In. B) More crowded. C) For. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More crowded. 23. The smallest and simple living organisms on Earth are bacteria. A) Simple. B) Living. C) On. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 24. While the trick may look effortlessly, the actual execution of a perfect double back handspring is quite tricky to achieve successfully. A) Quite tricky. B) Effortlessly. C) May. D) Execution of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effortlessly. 25. In my opinion, more than 500.000 kilos of hot lava have been spewed from Merapi's new crater during the eruption of Merapi in 2010. A) My. B) More. C) Have been spewed. D) Merapi's new crater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been spewed. ← 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