ESL Blues
Error Finder Quiz 8b
Start Quiz
1. Choose the best possible response:
A: How long does it take to get _____ the airport from here?
B: It takes a good hour.
a) to
b) at
c)
Both of the above
2. Choose the best possible response:
A: How did you get here so quickly?
B: _____ bus. There's a bus stop right outside my house.
a)On
b) By
c) In
d) With
e)
All of the above
3. Choose the best possible response:
A: I thought I would never _____ the finishing line.
B: I know. But don't forget, it's a ten-mile marathon.
a) get to
b) arrive at
c) reach
d)
All of the above
4. Choose the best possible response:
A: Why are you opening your own restaurant? _____ people make money doing that.
B: On the contrary, quite _____ do.
a) Little / few
b) A little / a few
c) Few / a few
d) A few / a few
d)
None of the above
5. Choose the best possible response:
A: Politicians rarely tell _____. It's mostly false claims and fake news.
B: I agree. Politicians tell _____ all the time.
a) truth / lies
b) the truth / lies
c) the truth / the lies
d) truth / the lies
e)
None of the above
6. Choose the best possible response:
I study hard and try to practice my English whenever I can. _____ I am not making any progress?
a) Why
b) How come
c)
Neither of the above
7. Choose the best possible response:
Come on. Try again, but a little harder. I know you can _____ better than that. _____ a real effort and compete against yourself.
a) make / Do
b) do / Do
c) make / Make
d) do / Make
e)
None of the above
8. Choose the best possible response:
A: Do you know where and what time _____ meet?
B: I have no idea. I'll call Elaine. She'll know for sure."
a) do we have to
b) we are supposed to
c) should we
d) are we supposed to
e)
None of the above
9. Choose the best possible response:
A: Are these stereo speakers similar to the _____ we saw online?
B: They're exactly the same, but cost twice as much.
a) one
b) ones
c) those
d)
None of the above
10. Choose the best possible response:
Just because he is good at programming, _____ he thinks he'll have no problem finding a job.
a) but
b) so
c) (nothing)
d)
None of the above
5606+1