This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Grammar Error Identification – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Grammar Error Identification Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which option corrects the comma splice without changing meaning? "She loves to read books, she spends hours in the library." A) She loves to read books so spends hours in the library. B) She loves to read books, and spends hours in the library. C) She loves to read books; she spends hours in the library. D) She loves to read books, spending hours in the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She loves to read books; she spends hours in the library. 2. The report was wrote by the team leader and submitted yesterday. A) Was. B) Wrote. C) By. D) Submitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 3. As a result, many smoker will have more infections. A) Smoke. B) Smoked. C) Smokering. D) Smokers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smokers. 4. Select the correct sentence:The teacher gave a book to the student with a red cover. A) The teacher gave a book to the student with a red cover. B) The teacher gave a book with a red cover to the student. C) The teacher with a red cover gave a book to the student. D) The teacher gave with a red cover a book to the student. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher gave a book to the student with a red cover. 5. Identify the error in this sentence:Running down the street, the ice cream cone slipped from my hand. A) Misplaced dangling modifier. B) Subject-verb agreement error. C) Comma splice between clauses. D) Redundant phrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced dangling modifier. 6. Which sentence is most concise and correct:The reason why she was late is because she missed the bus. A) Because she missed the bus, it is why she was late. B) She was late because she missed the bus. C) The reason why she was late was because she missed the bus. D) She was late due to the reason she missed the bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was late because she missed the bus. 7. They must to finish the project before Friday. A) They. B) Must. C) To. D) Project. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 8. I would ..... to bake another one by myself one day. A) Likes. B) Liked. C) Like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like. 9. Choose the sentence that correctly clarifies pronoun reference: "The boy told his friend that he forgot his jacket." Who forgot the jacket? A) The boy said to his friend that the jacket was his. B) The boy told his friend that he forgot his jacket. C) The boy told his friend that his jacket was forgotten. D) The boy told his friend, "You forgot your jacket.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boy told his friend, "You forgot your jacket.". 10. The journey was long tiring and uncomfortable. A) Long. B) Tiring. C) Uncomfortable. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 11. The officer assign the team to check the area this morning. Which part is wrong? A) Assign. B) The team. C) The area. D) This morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assign. 12. On tuesday afternoon the match was postponed. A) Tuesday. B) Afternoon. C) Match. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuesday. 13. He could goes to the library after class. A) He. B) Could. C) Goes. D) Library. E) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goes. 14. Identify the error:She was walking to school when she sees her friend. A) Was walking. B) To school. C) Sees. D) Her friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sees. 15. Identify the error in the following sentence:My friend and me went to the movies yesterday. A) My B) friend C) me D) went A) Friend. B) C. C) Went. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 16. Find the error:Even after Jeremy had worked at the store for months, neither his supervisor nor the store's owners of the large chain was aware of his superior work. A) Had worked. B) Nor. C) Store's. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 17. My English grade, which for many reasons was not deserved, were sent to my parents, who chose not to comment on it. A) Reasons was. B) Were sent. C) Parents, who chose. D) Comment on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sent. 18. Choose the correct sentence:He will finish his homework and then he goes to bed. A) He will finish his homework and then he goes to bed. B) He will finish his homework and then he will go to bed. C) He will finish his homework and then he going to bed. D) He will finish his homework and then he gone to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He will finish his homework and then he will go to bed. 19. The officer checks the room yesterday before the meeting. Which part is wrong? A) Checks. B) Yesterday. C) Before. D) Meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday. 20. Hardly (A) had the class started (B) when (C) the lights went out (D). A) Had. B) The class started. C) When. D) The lights went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The class started. 21. The cadet wrote the report, checked the data, and to submit it to the officer. Which part is wrong? A) Wrote. B) Checked. C) To submit. D) The officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To submit. 22. Sentence:We need some information before we start A) Need. B) Informations. C) Start. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Start. 23. Identify the error in the following sentence:They is going to the park this afternoon. A) They B) is C) going D) park A) B. B) They are. C) They were. D) They has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 24. The Roman empire in western Europe-a centralized superstate which it had been in existence for 500 years-had ceased to exist, its single emperor replaced by upwards of a dozen kings and princes. A) Centralized. B) Which it. C) To exist. D) A dozen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which it. 25. Sentence:He doesn't like to eat vegetables and fruits A) Doesn't. B) Eat. C) Fruits. D) No error. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fruits. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesGrammar Error Identification Quiz 1Grammar Error Identification Quiz 2Grammar Error Identification Quiz 3Grammar Error Identification Quiz 4Grammar Error Identification Quiz 5Grammar Error Identification Quiz 6Grammar Error Identification Quiz 7Grammar Error Identification Quiz 8Grammar Error Identification Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books