Error Questions

Type 1: Verb + Noun

1. Can you…..an eye on my car while I go in the shop? Keep
2. If we…..a mistake in the exam can we cross it out. Make
3. Whose turns is it to …the housework? Do
4. I’m going to…. a chance and ask her if she wants to go out somewhere. Take
5. I’ve tried telling him that I don’t want to see him again but he doesn’t seem to be…the message. Getting.
6. The mountaineers…. the summit on the fourth day of their ascent. Reached
7. I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately. I keep…. my temper with everyone. Losing
8. You should try to….more attention in class. Pay
9. Can I….an appointment to see the doctor today?
a. make
b. accept
c. invite
10. They’ve….all of their friends to the wedding.
a. refused
b. made
c. invited
11. Have you….any arrangements for the weekend?
a. Booked
b. Made
c. accepted
12. I’ve… a table for us at a Vietnamese restaurant.
a. Booked
b. Refused
c. made
13. My boss wasn’t happy when I refused her…to dinner.
a. Booking
b. Invitation
c. arrangements
14. Carlos has made….to go to Thailand with his girlfriend.
a. Invitations
b. Appointments
c. Plans
15. She’s good at writing stories for children and is always keen to…up new plots.
a. Do
b. Get
c. Make
d. Take

16. The son assured their father that they would work hard to…out the treasure.
a. Find
b. Sort
c. Seek
d. Try

17. I ….a lot of presents for my birthday.
a. Got
b. Became
c. Become
d. have



Type 2: Verb + Adverb
1. It’s going to be impossible to get this finish in time.
a. Highly
b. Deeply
c. Virtually
d. Severely

2. She was temped to resign immediately.
a. Sorely
b. Fatally
c. Perfectly
d. Highly

3. Your car needs servicing. It sounds terrible
a. Severely
b. Desperately
c. Sorely
d. Deeply

4. I remember asking you to post that letter.
a. Eagerly
b. Perfectly
c. Distinctly
d. Virtually

5. He regrets sending you that mail.
a. Fatally
b. Bitterly
c. Distinctly
d. Severely

6. We await your replay and hope that your response will be positive.
a. Deeply
b. Desperately
c. Eagerly
d. Distinctly

7. I don’t know why you could not follow his directions. They were clear.
a. Highly
b. Deeply
c. Virtually
d. Perfectly

8. He was very sorry about being late and apologized .
a. Interminably
b. Deeply
c. Profusely
d. eagerly
Type 3: Noun + Verb
1. Bikin sendiri
Type 4: Adjective + Noun
1. Don’t talk to him about politics because it’s like a rag to a bull.
a. Blue
b. White
c. Red
d. black
2. she lost the company a lot of many last week and as a result has got a mark against her name.
a. red
b. blue
c. white
d. black
3. you’ll notice that as soon as the children come home from school, the dog will jump up and show its great ¬ for them
a. infection
b. affection
c. affectation
d. protection

4. There is a huge in the local paper about the special offers available in the store this weekend.
a. Announcement
b. Display
c. Notice
d. advertisement
5. Sociolinguists maintain that some of the film on show today have created a generation of children.
a. Frighten
b. Afraid
c. Fearful
d. Frightening

6. He tends to forget things very quickly and behaves more and more like the typical professor.
a. Clear-minded
b. Absent-minded
c. Well-minded
d. Cool-minded
Type 5: Adverb + adjective
1. The election is very DELICATELY BALANCED at the moment. Either party could win.
2. The new production of 'Hamlet' was ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED by the first night audience.
3. She's too HIGHLY QUALIFIED for the job -- we don't want someone with a degree.
4. The house is IDEALLY SITUATED, ten minutes from the sea, and ten minutes to the mountains.
5. If you think I'm going to agree to that, you're BADLY MISTAKEN
6. The disco was already DANGEROUSLY OVERCROWDED when the fire started.
7. His words were CAREFULLY CHOSEN to ensure they appealed to different sections of the audience.
8. The President has been CLOSELY ASSOCIATED with the idea from the start, so he's very anxious that it is a success.
For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.
1. The cost of a new house in the UK has become high over the last few years.
2. The drug company should not have put a new product on the market with fatal side-effects.
3. After a warm start to the month, the weather in the second half of June was cold.
4. Even when the cost of running the event were subsidised by local government, tickets were still in the region of fifty pounds.
5. For the last ten years Malcolm Sargant's gossip column in the Daily Planet has been read by thousands of readers.
6. To award a man like Thomas Green with the greatest lifetime achievement award seems unfair.
7. Our test this week is quite challenging in places but the one we got last week was easy.
8. There were some exciting moments in the second half of the film but the first ninety minutes were slow in places.
9. Hugh Tomlinson is believed to be the best director of his generation in Hollywood at the moment.
10. I am appalled by the thoughtless attitude of people who needlessly endanger other people's lives by using mobiles while driving.
11. This holiday offer does seem attractive but I think we are going to have to pass on it because of the high cost.
12. After all her hard work, Martha was disappointed when she got a grade B in her CAE exam.
Your answers


1. A
astronomically B
totally C
utterly D
blatantly
2. A
partially B
particularly C
potentailly D
painfully
3. A
unfortunately B
unseasonably C
unpredictably D
astronomically
4. A
tremendously B
avidly C
heavily D
atronomically
5. A
avidly B
vividly C
heavily D
tremendously
6. A
painfully B
blatantly C
widely D
bitterly
7. A
laughingly B
humorously C
highly D
absurdly
8. A
massively B
astronomically C
utterly D
painfully
9. A
thoroughly B
widely C
greatly D
massively
10. A
tremendously B
terribly C
awfully D
utterly
11. A
avidly B
absolutely C
irresistably D
heavily
12. A
painfully B
bitterly C
completely D
totally