This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Making Mistakes – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Making Mistakes Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word is a synonym for 'error'? A) Mistake. B) Truth. C) Fact. D) Success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mistake. 2. Find the mistakes9. I go to swimming. A) I. B) Go to. C) I go. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go to. 3. However, if you understand how anxiety works at a cognitive level, you can use it to motivate careful but bold and well-reasoned choices. A) A stative verb. B) A universal truth. C) A recurring event. D) The conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The conditional. 4. It's OK to make a mistake! A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Next thing you know you've been walking into a lamp post. A) An unfinished time and unfinished action. B) Emphasis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unfinished time and unfinished action. 6. Mistake is an action or judgement that is misguided or wrong A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. According to paragraph six, what are scientists studying in the participants? A) Whether they have "growth mindset" or "set mindset". B) Their emotional response to making a mistake. C) How quickly they can play and win the game. D) Their brain activity when they make mistakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their brain activity when they make mistakes. 8. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:'He ..... his mistake and apologized.' A) Realized. B) Realize. C) Realizing. D) Realizes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realized. 9. It's good to keep making the same mistake A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. "I feel anxious I'm not going to be able to control my customers enough to keep my staff safe." A) A specific time in the present or future. B) A reference point/ an encompassing action. C) A continuously changing event. D) Emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A continuously changing event. 11. Identify the correct spelling: A) Mistake. B) Mistak. C) Misteak. D) Mistak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mistake. 12. 10-What attitude should you have towards mistakes in learning? A) Avoid them at all costs. B) Be ashamed of them. C) See them as part of the process. D) Fear making them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See them as part of the process. 13. What is the percentage increase in the price of energy mentioned in the text? A) 15%. B) 30%. C) 20%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25%. 14. Fill in the blank:Information is probably one of the most important elements that you can have in making your ..... and being successful. A) Luck. B) Mistakes. C) Friends. D) Enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luck. 15. A person who thinks he/she cannot grow or learn anything new has a A) Growth mindset. B) Reality mindset. C) Fixed mindset. D) Foggy mindset. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed mindset. 16. Find the mistake in the sentence:'I has seen that movie.' A) I. B) Has. C) Seen. D) That movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 17. What is one of the key ingredients of making a good choice, according to the transcript? A) Following others blindly. B) Sensitivity to the current context of the environment. C) Taking no risks. D) Ignoring information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensitivity to the current context of the environment. 18. The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections is known as: A) Neuroplasticity. B) Neurotransmission. C) Neurogenesis. D) Neuronal migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroplasticity. 19. What is the antonym of 'mistake'? A) Error. B) Blunder. C) Correction. D) Fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correction. 20. Only some people make mistakes A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Which statement describes the author's main purpose in the text? A) To encourage reader's to make as many mistakes as they can. B) To show how adults hurt students' intelligence by discouraging mistakes. C) To provide evidence for how mistakes can help you learn. D) To help readers determine if they have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide evidence for how mistakes can help you learn. 22. Which literary device is used in the phrase 'to err is human'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphorism. 23. What is the fallacy mentioned amongst experts in the transcript? A) Excessive risk-taking. B) Excessive expertise. C) Lack of information. D) Overconfidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excessive expertise. 24. Is belly breathing the only way to calm down? A) Yes. B) No, I can use positive self talk and counting to help too. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I can use positive self talk and counting to help too. 25. 3-What is most important when you make mistakes? A) Giving up. B) Blaming others. C) Keep trying. D) Being perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keep trying. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesMaking Mistakes Quiz 1Making Mistakes Quiz 2Making Mistakes Quiz 4Making Mistakes Quiz 5Making Mistakes Quiz 6Accept Vs. 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