| 1. | Which of the following uses of "an" is incorrect? |
| a. | | An apple falls from the tree |
| b. | | An honest man stands for his beliefs |
| c. | | An hotel is worth the price if it's nice |
| d. | | An incident took place that day
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| 2. | Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Did everyone see the meteor shower last night? |
| b. | | Did every one of you do your homework? |
| c. | | Did everyone visit the ruins today? |
| d. | | Is everyone ready to begin our lesson?
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| 3. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Everyone accept John went to the park |
| b. | | Except for Susie, the whole gang enjoyed the movie |
| c. | | Will you accept the gift? |
| d. | | Barry included everyone, but excepted the grandparents.
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| 4. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Eat a healthful breakfast |
| b. | | Eat a healthy breakfast |
| c. | | You look healthy today |
| d. | | You are healthful looking today.
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| 5. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | It was a sure thing. |
| b. | | She was surely pretty in that dress. |
| c. | | It surely is cold today. |
| d. | | It is sure cold today.
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| 6. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Hopefully, they will come in time. |
| b. | | I hope they get here in time. |
| c. | | She listened hopefully for the sound of a rescue party. |
| d. | | I hope you enjoy the party.
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| 7. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | This is where I'm working right now. |
| b. | | This is what I'm at right now. |
| c. | | This is where I am right now. |
| d. | | That is where I'm working right now.
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| 8. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | He felt bad about standing up his date. |
| b. | | He felt badly about standing up his date. |
| c. | | It was beginning to look bad for the baseball team. |
| d. | | The baseball team played badly the other night.
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| 9. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Can we have lunch together? |
| b. | | May we talk? |
| c. | | We may talk if you are sensitive to my side of things. |
| d. | | Can we talk?
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| 10. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | We could have gone anywhere on vacation. |
| b. | | She could have any puppy she wanted at the pound. |
| c. | | We could of picked any bonus we wanted. |
| d. | | They could have headed to the store or the park.
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| 11. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Irregardless of the weather, we should try to take a bike ride. |
| b. | | Regardless of the weather, we should try to take a bike ride. |
| c. | | He should have been nicer, regardless of his mood. |
| d. | | He should have been nicer, irregardless of his mood.
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| 12. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | To me, the painting says, "inner peace". |
| b. | | He says to me, "the party was great!" |
| c. | | She says they are going to Greece on vacation |
| d. | | I said, "no olives on my pizza".
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| 13. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Have you seen the new paintings at the gallery? |
| b. | | Did you see the new gallery paintings? |
| c. | | I have seen the new paintings at the gallery |
| d. | | I saw the new paintings at the gallery
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| 14. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | Who do you see over there? |
| b. | | Whom do you see over there? |
| c. | | Who are you? |
| d. | | Whom did you give the toy to?
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| 15. | Which of the following is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | A good game referee should be disinterested. |
| b. | | She was disinterested in her husband's collection. |
| c. | | She was uninterested in her husband's collection. |
| d. | | The referee seemed uninterested in the game.
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| 16. | Which statement is grammatically incorrect? |
| a. | | What do you wish to have? |
| b. | | Whom do you wish to speak to? |
| c. | | I would like to have a hamburger,please. |
| d. | | Perhaps, Is Sarah working tonight?
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| 17. | how do say privacy? |
| a. | | pr-i-va-cy |
| b. | | pri-vacy |
| c. | | priv-acy |
| d. | | pr-ivacy
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| 18. | How do you spell noledge correctly? |
| a. | | Nolidgi |
| b. | | nolege |
| c. | | knowledge |
| d. | | nowlige
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What others think about Common English Grammar Mistakes |
| By: Jacob Coleman on Sep 8, 2011 |
| | Grammar is the nuts and bolts of a language |
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| By: David on Jul 20, 2011 |
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| By: ayowmah on Jun 14, 2011 |
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| By: TULASI on Mar 29, 2011 |
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| By: Albert Baily on Mar 22, 2011 |
| | A judge must take interest in the case he is hearing but he must be disinterested in delivering the judgement |
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| By: vima on Mar 9, 2011 |
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| By: anita on Feb 23, 2011 |
| | Quizmoz is a good source to enrich our knowledge of english language. hats off |
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| By: Ash on Feb 17, 2011 |
| | Difficult for me! Thank you! |
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| By: sudha on Feb 16, 2011 |
| | its very tough to choose the answer |
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| By: Dean on Feb 13, 2011 |
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| By: RH on Feb 13, 2011 |
| | As an English teacher, I can tell you that many of the previous questions have multiple mistakes in them. This means that there are places where there are multiple grammatically incorrect options. |
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| By: daniel on Feb 13, 2011 |
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| By: Hennotori on Feb 12, 2011 |
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| By: Ringo on Feb 9, 2011 |
| | I recommend correcting the punctuation errors, e.g., period always goes inside quotation marks. |
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| By: sridhanya on Feb 4, 2011 |
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| By: Muhammad Altaf Khan on Feb 3, 2011 |
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| By: joy on Jan 23, 2011 |
| | this was very helpful. thanks |
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| By: Ryan on Dec 21, 2010 |
| | A common mistake is using adjectives where adverbs should be used. For example, "She ran fast." This is incorrect. |
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| By: Jmo on Dec 19, 2010 |
| | Thanks for creating this quiz. |
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| By: sesh rao on Dec 15, 2010 |
| | thanks for hosting the quiz. |
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| By: Nilesh on Nov 10, 2010 |
| | Common errors make our writing wrong |
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| By: MJ on Sep 22, 2010 |
| | It was interesting and helpful. |
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| By: Precious Tatel on Sep 5, 2010 |
| | i had a problem in grammar |
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| By: Flora Dering on Aug 15, 2010 |
| | This quiz has shown that I'm not as smart as I thought I was. |
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| By: JoJo on Jul 25, 2010 |
| | and I thought I used good grammar! |
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| By: Denise on Jul 22, 2010 |
| | This quiz was a bit hard. |
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| By: Tim on Jun 22, 2010 |
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| By: Ehab on May 27, 2010 |
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| By: ehab on May 27, 2010 |
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| By: ehab on May 27, 2010 |
| | English language is more than language.it is culture and knowledge. |
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| By: telli on Apr 30, 2010 |
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| By: nikka on Feb 24, 2010 |
| | wow, nice but kinda hard quiz... though it really helped me alot.. |
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| By: Teresa on Feb 23, 2010 |
| | wow...I liked it. It had me second guessing myself lol |
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| By: Sunitha on Feb 3, 2010 |
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| By: jama on Jan 28, 2010 |
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| By: Dave on Jan 6, 2010 |
| | You should never end a sentence with a word such as "at". |
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| By: Van on Jan 4, 2010 |
| | It is nice arrangement particularly for those who are learning ESI am van from Lynnwood. |
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| By: terry on Dec 15, 2009 |
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| By: gloria on Nov 30, 2009 |
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| By: Nay on Nov 10, 2009 |
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| By: David on Oct 18, 2009 |
| | The misuse of direct objects.
She gave the book to John and I. |
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| By: sravani on Oct 17, 2009 |
| | New beginners...............a platform toimprove a lot |
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| By: mark on Oct 7, 2009 |
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| By: dianne on Sep 23, 2009 |
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| By: uhcan on Sep 18, 2009 |
| | If you can get your point across, grammar may not be that important. |
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| By: SHARMA on Sep 5, 2009 |
| | nice ..test for beginners |
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| By: Baruch on Aug 20, 2009 |
| | If so many people have trouble with the english language, should it not evolve to suit us? |
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| By: Priyanka Dey on Aug 3, 2009 |
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| By: Mouse on Aug 3, 2009 |
| | Interesting test. I liked it. |
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| By: my on Jul 25, 2009 |
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| By: mr on Jul 24, 2009 |
| | Grammar will sneak up on you when you least expect it. |
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| By: Kurtasel on Jul 22, 2009 |
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| By: alex on Jul 22, 2009 |
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| By: Cory on Jul 19, 2009 |
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| By: Nikzad on Jul 8, 2009 |
| | Excellent Test. One really has to think hard for it puts all you about the English grammar to test. |
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| By: Kevin on Jul 6, 2009 |
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| By: Henry Matthews on Jul 5, 2009 |
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| By: Lara on Jul 3, 2009 |
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| By: yang on Jun 25, 2009 |
| | This is a great quiz. I enjoy answering it. Just hope I got correct answers. |
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| By: shweta sharma on Jun 19, 2009 |
| | well, its nice.continue this with more questions!!!!!!! |
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| By: neeta on Jun 15, 2009 |
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| By: arul on May 27, 2009 |
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| By: Nick on May 22, 2009 |
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| By: Nikki on May 11, 2009 |
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| By: Samantha on May 9, 2009 |
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| By: anju on May 7, 2009 |
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| By: moe on Apr 3, 2009 |
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| By: srinu on Mar 30, 2009 |
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| By: tester on Mar 23, 2009 |
| | this is harder than you think! |
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| By: Charlie on Mar 21, 2009 |
| | Use the word "dominate" only as a verb. It is not an adjective. |
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| By: Ian on Feb 17, 2009 |
| | There's no such term as 'to cope up'. 'To cope with' is the correct term. Moreover, 'with regard to' should be used not 'with regards to'. |
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| By: Tom Ridely on Feb 19, 2009 |
| | Great quiz. It is always good to review grammar regardless of your career. A solid grasp of the basics of english grammar goes a long way! |
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| By: Kino on Feb 5, 2009 |
| | Grammar mistakes are common in our days from the lack of knowledge in basic english fundamentals. |
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| By: Helen Veras on Feb 6, 2009 |
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| By: Philip on Jan 31, 2009 |
| | I hate when people say, "I don't feel good." It drives me crazy. |
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| By: Achill3s on Feb 3, 2009 |
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| By: HANNAH on Jan 12, 2009 |
| | This quiz gets you thinking. Overall, I was pleased, with the choice of questions. Some were very obvious, though, but that's not a problem! |
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| By: ABDULLA on Jan 11, 2009 |
| | It was quite interesting have a quizz with you, thank you very much for having done this for those who interested
to improve their English language. |
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| By: Mike Leonardo on Dec 10, 2008 |
| | i like this test to improve my English sentences. |
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| By: Buddy on Dec 4, 2008 |
| | read more books and talk to educated people more often |
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| By: Kruti on Nov 18, 2008 |
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| By: Gloria on Nov 17, 2008 |
| | This can be a trick quiz! |
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| By: Pantoufle on Nov 13, 2008 |
| | There are numerous puncutation erros in these questions. |
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| By: elizabeth on Oct 7, 2008 |
| | Even though I no longer live in an English-speaking country, I'm shocked that English people speak so ungrammatically, and can't spell even the most common words. For me, the most unbearable mistake that I hear today is "Me and him are going out". |
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| By: Sam on Sep 7, 2008 |
| | This made me think a little bit anyways. Hope I did well. |
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| By: Narendar on Sep 1, 2008 |
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| By: BALJOT on Aug 30, 2008 |
| | YES IT WAS A GOD EXPERIENCE BUT RY RO PUT SOME DIFFICULT ONES. |
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| By: Cathie Cayaba on Aug 21, 2008 |
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| By: prajith on Aug 15, 2008 |
| | I like very much this thing |
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| By: manisha on Aug 11, 2008 |
| | have enjoyed solving the mistakes |
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| By: *~Lisa~* on Aug 9, 2008 |
| | It's great... makes you realise so many ppl make such common mistakes... lol |
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| By: coney on Jul 11, 2008 |
| | english is the hardest language of all |
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| By: Apexa on Jul 8, 2008 |
| | Nice test, i hope it has rationales too! |
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