This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Mechanics > Sentence Errors – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sentence Errors Quiz 16 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How would you correct this sentence to make the sentence concise? The empty house on the side of the street was vacant. A) The house on the street was vacantly empty. B) The house on the street was empty before it became vacant. C) The house on the street was vacant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The house on the street was vacant. 2. I just bot my sisters old car for too thousand dollars. A) I just buy my sister's old car for two thousand dollars. B) Correct. C) I just bought my sister's old car for two thousand dollars. D) I just bought my sister's old car for too thousand dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I just bought my sister's old car for two thousand dollars. 3. Identify the errors in the following:Russell tryed helping Carl accross the street. A) Apostrophe Use. B) Spelling. C) Run-On. D) Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spelling. 4. Mrs. Williams is the best teacher in the universe. A) Declarative. B) Interrogative. C) Imperative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declarative. 5. Identify the error in the sentence:I saw the blind man crossed the busy road without any help. A) Saw. B) Crossed. C) Without. D) Any. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crossed. 6. What type of error can you find in the following sentence? The Filipinos' strong desire for change led to the awakening of their nationalism. This desire was proven not only in the bloody demonstrations and during the sidewalk expressions but also in literature. A) Fragment. B) Fused Sentence. C) Non-Parallel Phrases. D) Run-on Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-Parallel Phrases. 7. Identify the error in the sentence: "The childrens are playing outside." A) Change childrens to children. B) Change playing to played. C) Change outside to Outside. D) Change are to is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change childrens to children. 8. Which word in this sentence is redundant and can be removed?He was the younger of the two twins. A) Younger. B) He. C) Two. D) Twins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 9. Identify the mistake in this sentence: "They doesn't know the answer." A) Change know to knows. B) Change doesn't to don't. C) No change needed. D) Change answer to answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change doesn't to don't. 10. Which sentence is free of any common sentence errors? A) Each of the students have a book. B) Each of the students has a book. C) Each of the student have a book. D) Each of the student has a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Each of the students has a book. 11. Choose the correct sentences for the following:1. I don't can swim so much.2. I'm really enjoyed my first summer.3. I had to reapt the english course. A) I don't can swim so much.I really enjoyed my first summer.I had to repeat the english course. B) I can't swim well.I really enjoyed my first summer.I had to repeat the english course. C) I can't swim well.I really enjoyed my first summer.I had to repeat the English course. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I can't swim well.I really enjoyed my first summer.I had to repeat the English course. 12. Read the paragraph:(1) My friends and I planned a trip to the skate park. (2) Because we wanted to try out our new boards. (3) We packed snacks and water for the afternoon. (4) The weather was perfect for skating. Which numbered sentence is a sentence fragment? A) Sentence 1. B) Sentence 2. C) Sentence 3. D) Sentence 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence 2. 13. Frodo's map led to a treasure chest that he expected to be full of teddy bears. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Comma Splice. C) Run-on/Fused. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complete Sentence. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSentence Errors Quiz 1Sentence Errors Quiz 2Sentence Errors Quiz 3Sentence Errors Quiz 4Sentence Errors Quiz 5Sentence Errors Quiz 6Sentence Errors Quiz 7Sentence Errors Quiz 8Sentence Errors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books