This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Error Recognition – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Error Recognition Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My parents were pleasantly surprised when my brother, who is studying in the United States of America, came home unexpected last evening. A) Were pleasantly surprised. B) Is studying. C) Came home. D) Unexpected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unexpected. 2. The water moccasin is a high venomous and extremely dangerous pit viper. A) High. B) Venomous. C) Extremely. D) Dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High. 3. Identify the error in the sentence: "He don't have any money left." A) Doesn't. B) Don't has. C) Doesn't has. D) Not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't. 4. Linguistic conflicts due to divided ethnic and national loyalties can be both bitter or violent A) Due to. B) Divided. C) Or. D) Violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or. 5. Ralph Blakeclock specialized in paint wild, lonely uninhabited landscapes, usually with black trees silhouetted against the moon. A) Specialized. B) Paint. C) Landscapes. D) Silhouetted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paint. 6. An opinion on the other hand is what a person feels or believe. A) An opinion. B) Is. C) Feels. D) Believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Believe. 7. The examination will test (A) your ability to understand spoken (B) English, to read non-technical language, (C) and writing correctly (D) A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 8. I intend to visit my relatives abroad during the summer vacation since i have not seen them for the pass five years. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 9. To learn a new hobby can be very rewarding and enjoyable. A) To learn. B) A new hobby. C) Can be. D) Very rewarding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To learn. 10. Dev Anand was a great artist which entertained generations of cinema lovers over five decades. A) Was. B) Which. C) Entertained. D) Over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which. 11. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital. A) To write. B) Because. C) Leave. D) For the hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To write. 12. The most we work, the more money we earn. A) The most. B) Work. C) The more. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most. 13. Most candles are made of paraffin wax mix with compounds that have higher melting points to keep them from melting in hot weather. A) Mix. B) That have. C) To keep. D) Melting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mix. 14. I don't know how Jim was able to ran that fast, but since he'd always been running faster than most of us kids, I wasn't too surprised. A) Been running. B) To ran. C) Us kids. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To ran. 15. A bankruptcy (A) may be (B) either voluntary (C) nor (D) involuntary. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 16. The weather reports all (A) showed (B) that there were (C) a tremendous storm front moving (D) in. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 17. The Dakota, being one of the oldest buildings in New York City, it was designated a historical landmark. A) One of the. B) It. C) A. D) Landmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It. 18. Commercial airliners do not fly in the vicinity of volcanic eruptions because even a small amount of volcanic ash can damage its engines. A) In the vicinity. B) Amount. C) Ash. D) Its. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its. 19. The shipment of supplies are expected to arrive here tomorrow. No error A) Are. B) Expected. C) Here. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 20. Jack rang me this afternoon for tell me that he had finally passed his driving test. A) Rang me. B) For. C) Had finally passed. D) Driving test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 21. Because they didn't like shop very much, they did most of it with them personal computer. A) Because. B) Shop. C) Did. D) With. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shop. 22. You had better ..... this course since this is the best course in this university A) Enrolls. B) Enroll. C) Enrolled. D) To enroll. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enroll. 23. Many Jamaicans have a crab in barrel mentality. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 24. My ambition is to have a good job and to further my studies at one of the more prestigious universities. A) Is to have. B) Further. C) One of the more. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No error. 25. Seldom in morning did I woke up early when I was a child. A) In. B) Did. C) Woke. D) Was. 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