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Error Identification

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word is incorrect? She must have her reasons where she doesn't want to tell.

a)

must have

b)

reasons

c)

where

d)

want to

2.

The woman who daughter I saw yesterday is a doctor.

a)

The woman

b)

who

c)

saw

d)

is

3.

What type of error is in this sentence? Both Isabel and Barbara loved her children.

a)

Word Form

b)

SVA

c)

Pronoun

d)

Troublesome Words

4.

Why type of error is in this sentence? Each product come with a whole year warranty to meet your money’s worth.

a)

Double Comparison

b)

Redundancy

c)

SVA

d)

Parallelism

5.

Each product come with a whole year warranty to meet your money’s worth.

a)

come

b)

whole year

c)

to meet

d)

your

6.

On your first day of school remember to pack the necessary essentials: pencils, paper, books and a lunch.

a)

on

b)

remember

c)

necessary

d)

a lunch

7.

Identifyt the type of error. We must either change the laws about drunk driving or it will be necessary to start enforcing them more strictly.

a)

faulty parallelism

b)

word form

c)

preposition

d)

redundancy

8.

Which word makes the sentence wrong? The army captain said that he would not tolerate disobedient in his unit.

a)

said

b)

would

c)

disobedient

d)

his

9.

Identify the type of error. The army captain said that he would not tolerate disobedient in his unit.

a)

pronoun

b)

word form

c)

double negative

d)

conjunction

10.

Which word is erroneous? Janet has remarkably skills that makes her something special.

a)

has

b)

remarkably

c)

makes

d)

special

11.

Which word is wrong? No one dares to defy Mrs. Clearwater; between all of the members of the faculty, she is the strictest.

a)

dares

b)

between

c)

of the faculty

d)

strictest

12.

What type of error? No one dares to defy Mrs. Clearwater; between all of the members of the faculty, she is the strictest.

a)

Relative Pronouns

b)

Prepositions

c)

Redundancy

d)

Double Comparison

13.

Identify the error. Jane hasn't hardly even acknowledged me today.

a)

Redundancy

b)

Double Comparison

c)

Double Negative

d)

Parallelism

14.

Identify the type of error. Many people were hung during the Salem Witch Trials.

a)

word form

b)

verb tense

c)

sva

d)

prepositions

15.

Identify the type of error. Mrs. Dim consulted an astrologer whom she met in Seattle.

a)

Conjunction

b)

Word Reversal

c)

Relative Pronouns

d)

Prepositions

16.

What type of error? The buzzing noises emitting from the alarm clock makes me cringe every time that I hear them.

a)

pronoun

b)

verb tense

c)

sva

d)

preposition

17.

What word is incorrect? The buzzing noises emitting from the alarm clock makes me cringe every time that I hear them.

a)

emitting from

b)

makes

c)

everytime

d)

them

18.

What type of error is in this sentence? The new budget was not determined entirely by the Board of Directors, but they certainly had a lot of influence.

a)

verb tense

b)

redundancy

c)

word reversal

d)

pronoun

19.

What type of error is in this sentence? The new budget was not determined entirely by the Board of Directors, but they certainly had a lot of influence.

a)

was not determined

b)

by

c)

they

d)

had

20.

Which is incorrect? The lights were dimmed slow, and the crowd gasped when the blue glow of the painted letters became apparent.

a)

were dimmed

b)

slow

c)

gasped

d)

became apparent