English Grammar Exercises: Incorrect Words With Answers

English Grammar Exercises:

Incorrect Words

With Answers

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1400 multiple-choice items

Daniel B. Smith

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Table of contents

Introduction

Set I

Set II

Set III

Answers

Conclusion

Introduction

The main purpose of these book is to provide you an impressive and invaluable collection of English Grammar multiple-choice exercises with answers.

This book comprises different items and will take you on a beautiful journey towards improving your English for any exam.

There are 1400 items in this book with regard to subjects as: adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, countable and uncountable nouns, grammar, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, punctuation, verbs etc.

This book is innovative because you have to think the opposite way and choose the wrong item in the sentence.

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Good luck!

Set I

1. Choose the wrong word: Although a number of voters has cast their ballots in the city election, the supervisor of elections temporarily ended them because of a malfunction in the voting mechanism..

a) hast cast

b) temporarily

c) of

2. Choose the wrong word: While this is not the most popular course offered at the university, just like many others classes that have low attendance in spite of their importance, at least several classes are always available..

a) importance

b) others

c) the most popular

3. Choose the wrong word: For years, this varsity athletes have been known throughout the country for their tremendous abilities..

a) for

b) tremendous

c) this

4. Choose the wrong word: The company had been operate in an old warehouse since its inception, when it built a huge, efficient and modern office building..

a) operate

b) its

c) efficient

5. Choose the wrong word: Before administering the exam, the proctor required that the students take their seats and removing all items from their workplaces..

a) required

b) removing

c) their

6. Choose the wrong word: Some people enjoy preparing their own meals while another would rather eat out regularly..

a) their

b) while

c) another

7. Choose the wrong word: The news of the decision to invade with armed forces were not well received by the citizens.

a) were

b) to

c) received

8. Choose the wrong word: Air traffic controllers must use a form of communication that is universal understood because a pilot’s understanding of instructions is critical..

a) use

b) universal

c) understanding

9. Choose the wrong word: Hurricanes hardly never reach the east coast, but some that have were extremely hazardous..

a) never

b) reach

c) extremely

10. Choose the wrong word: Children raised in foster homes requirement special attention to overcome the feelings of abandonment and isolation..

a) of

b) overcome

c) requirement

11. Choose the wrong word: With so many choices of wireless technology, it is often difficulty to determine which offers the best value and quality..

a) with

b) choices

c) difficulty

12. Choose the wrong word: Entering in the country in car may cause different treatment by customs officials than entering by way of mass transportation..

a) in

b) cause

c) entering

13. Choose the wrong word: Some teachers enjoy writing articles and performing research, while anothers would be more content to devote all their time to teaching..

a) writing

b) anothers

c) to devote

14. Choose the wrong word: Tests have been performed to determine whether studying TOEFL questions will help students rise their test scores..

a) been

b) whether

c) rise

15. Choose the wrong word: The professor decided to allow the students to take the examination a second time because the low scores..

a) to allow

b) because

c) second

16. Choose the wrong word: Having withdrawn from the race, the candidate decided supporting his opponent despite the opponent’s representing the other party..

a) having

b) despite

c) supporting

17. Choose the wrong word: The congressman, accompanied by secret service agents and aides, are preparing to enter the convention hall within the next few minutes..

a) are

b) to enter

c) within the next

18. Choose the wrong word: Because the torrential rains that had devastated the area, the governor sent the National Guard to assist in the clean-up operation..

a) to assist in

b) Because

c) torrential

19. Choose the wrong word: Lack of sanitation in restaurants are a major cause of disease in some areas of the country..

a) of sanitation

b) cause of

c) are

20. Choose the wrong word: Had the committee members considered the alternatives more carefully, they would have realized that the second was better as the first..

a) more carefully

b) as the first

c) second was

21. Choose the wrong word: Malnutrition is a major cause of death in those countries where the cultivation of rice have been impeded by recurrent drought..

a) is a major

b) have

c) in those countries

22. Choose the wrong word: The decision to withdraw all support from the activities of the athletes are causing an uproar among the athletes’ fans..

a) among

b) to withdraw

c) are causing

23. Choose the wrong word: Underutilized species of fish has been proposed as a solution to the famine in many underdeveloped countries..

a) has been

b) as

c) to the famine

24. Choose the wrong word: Because the residents had worked so diligent to renovate the old building, the manager had a party..

a) had worked

b) diligent

c) to renovate

25. Choose the wrong word: David’s wisdom teeth were troubling him, so he went to a dental surgeon to see about having them pull..

a) them pull

b) were troubling

c) to see

26. Choose the wrong word: Sarah had better to change her study habits if she hopes to be admitted to a good university..

a) had

b) to a good university

c) to change

27. Choose the wrong word: Overeating, in addition to lack of attention to nutrition, are said to be the major cause of obesity in the United States..

a) lack

b) are

c) cause

28. Choose the wrong word: Because the students showed they had read the materials so thorough, the instructor decided not to administer an exam..

a) thorough

b) because

c) to administer

29. Choose the wrong word: Sarah decided to wait until after she had taken her exams before having her wisdom teeth pull..

a) to wait

b) having

c) pull

30. Choose the wrong word: Hardly the plane had landed when Daniel realized that he had left the file that he needed at his office..

a) Hardly the plane had

b) realized

c) that he had

31. Choose the wrong word: The consultant said management had better to formalize its employment policies and procedures in order to avoid adverse employment claims in the future..

a) avoid

b) to formalize

c) adverse

32. Choose the wrong word: The author has not rarely written anything that was not a best-seller..

a) author

b) anything

c) not rarely

33. Choose the wrong word: The Dean of The College of Education has already to decide whether to permit the meeting to be held on campus..

a) already to decide

b) the

c) to permit

34. Choose the wrong word: The professor had already completed calculation of the final grades and had submit them to the office when Mary delivered her paper..

a) already

b) of

c) had submit

35. Choose the wrong word: Several cars plunged into the water when the pier was striking by a barge that separated from its tugboat..

a) from

b) was striking

c) plunged

36. Choose the wrong word: The new prospect for the team has great height and agility, but the coaches do not believe he moves enough quickly to play in the position that they need to fill..

a) play

b) enough quickly

c) height

37. Choose the wrong word: So much people applied for service from the new company that it found it impossible to meet the demand..

a) for

b) much

c) impossible

38. Choose the wrong word: The meeting is being held in the fifth floor of the convention center, but there are functions on every floor..

a) in

b) being

c) are

39. Choose the wrong word: An orangutan escaped from the zoo and was foraged food in a residential neighborhood..

a) in

b) residential

c) was foraged

40. Choose the wrong word: The school officials are considering a comprehensive planning to alleviate the problem of overcrowding in the dormitories..

a) planning

b) alleviate

c) are

41. Choose the wrong word: Spanish is the only course that it is not offered in the summer term, but there are several classes offered in the fall..

a) offered

b) it

c) several

42. Choose the wrong word: Sarah was not best speaker in the class, but her personality and ability to convey her feelings helped her become the most requested..

a) not best

b) her

c) requested

43. Choose the wrong word: The issues learned during the early stages of the project causing the researchers to initiate additional research..

a) during

b) additional

c) causing

44. Choose the wrong word: Only when black bear has been spotted by the forest rangers will this portion of the park be closed down..

a) when black

b) will

c) closed

45. Choose the wrong word: Television news producers are sometimes accuse of sensationalism, but it appears that is what the public desires..

a) news

b) what

c) accuse

46. Choose the wrong word: The workers attempted to free the cat from the trap, but several obstacles were in way..

a) free

b) in way

c) attempted

47. Choose the wrong word: Not only could the younger people completed all the work quickly and accurately, but the retired workers could also..

a) completed

b) could

c) also

48. Choose the wrong word: He’s not having finished his thesis did not discourage him from applying for other degree program..

a) finished

b) discourage

c) other

49. Choose the wrong word: That investors in the stock market enjoys increases and suffer declines is simply a fact of the financial market, and a smart investor is not too excited about the former or crestfallen about the latter..

a) former

b) declines

c) enjoys

50. Choose the wrong word: Having been found guilty of racketeering, even though he was never proven guilty of many crimes he was believe to have committed, the mobster was sentenced to a number of years in prison..

a) proven

b) believe

c) have

51. Choose the wrong word: Had Daniel be able to complete his thesis instead of returning to work, he would have graduated a year ago..

a) be

b) complete

c) have

52. Choose the wrong word: After the data has received and reviewed, the finance department employees should be able to determine the best course of action..

a) be

b) to determine

c) has received

53. Choose the wrong word: Owing a home, the dream of many, an unattainable goal for many young people without aid from governmental and non-profit sources..

a) an

b) aid

c) sources

54. Choose the wrong word: After the jury had determined liability, its next task was to decide how much money should it assess as damages..

a) next

b) should it

c) to decide

55. Choose the wrong word: If the Board had not reversed its position on the petition to approve the fence, the owner would had to remove it..

a) remove

b) its

c) would had

56. Choose the wrong word: A prolific writer, even when he was teaching a number of classes, Daniel Smith never achieving popularity among the masses..

a) was

b) achieving

c) classes

57. Choose the wrong word: Attorneys who practice in the area of personal injury generally spending considerably more money on advertising in telephone books and on television than other types of attorneys..

a) other

b) spending

c) types

58. Choose the wrong word: This city, known as oldest city in the country is home to the oldest schoolhouse..

a) city

b) the country

c) as oldest

59. Choose the wrong word: The committee voted purchase the land next to the company’s existing building, but the resolution was not approved at the full Board meeting..

a) voted purchase

b) next

c) existing

60. Choose the wrong word: Students may buy used books if they had been readily available and correctly priced..

a) readily

b) used

c) had been

61. Choose the wrong word: Without a doubt, the best way to do well in college to keep up constantly with the homework, read everything that is required and regularly outline all the class notes..

a) regularly

b) doubt

c) way to