English Grammar Test: Common Mistakes
- Common Mistakes
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
This test covers mistakes that even fluent speakers make in writing. Tip: say the sentence with the full form (it is, you are) to check contractions.
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Question 1
Which sentence is correct?
Correct answer: C
Agree is a verb, so it does not need am: I agree. I am agree treats it like an adjective, a very common learner mistake.
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Question 2
The kids left ____ bikes in the driveway.
Correct answer: B
Their shows possession (the bikes belong to the kids). There is a place, and they're means they are.
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Question 3
The dog wagged ____ tail.
Correct answer: D
Its without an apostrophe is the possessive. It's always means it is or it has, and its' does not exist.
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Question 4
The new medicine had a strong ____ on her sleep.
Correct answer: A
After a strong you need a noun, and the noun is effect. Affect is normally the verb: it affected her sleep.
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Question 5
There were ____ people at the meeting than we expected.
Correct answer: B
In standard written English, use fewer with countable plural nouns like people and less with uncountable nouns like time or water.
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Question 6
Which sentence is correct?
Correct answer: C
Explain takes the thing first and the person with to: explain something to someone. Explained me the problem is a common error.
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Question 7
____ going to love this restaurant.
Correct answer: D
You're is short for you are, which the sentence needs before going. Your shows possession.
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Question 8
Which sentence is correct?
Correct answer: A
Standard English uses one negative: doesn't ... anything. He don't breaks subject-verb agreement, and after doesn't the verb has no -s.
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Question 9
My brother is taller ____ me.
Correct answer: B
Than is used in comparisons. Then is about time or order (first ..., then ...).
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Question 10
Which sentence is correct in formal writing?
Correct answer: A
The subject needs the subject pronoun I; take away Jake and and you would say I went, not me went. Myself is reflexive and cannot be the subject.
Questions you leave blank are not counted as wrong.
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