Duolingo English Test Practice Questions — All Questions
4 questions
Common Usage Errors
Which sentence is written in correct English?
- a.She enjoys to read before bed.
- b.She enjoys reading before bed.✓
- c.She enjoys read before bed.
- d.She enjoy reading before bed.
The verb 'enjoy' is followed by a gerund, not an infinitive: 'enjoys reading'. 'To read' after 'enjoy' is a common error.
Common Usage Errors
Which sentence corrects the error in 'There is too many people in the elevator'?
- a.There is too much people in the elevator.
- b.There is too many peoples in the elevator.
- c.There are too many people in the elevator.✓
- d.There are too much people in the elevator.
'People' is plural and countable, so it takes 'are' and 'too many': 'There are too many people.' 'Too much' is for uncountable nouns.
Common Usage Errors
Which sentence uses the article correctly?
- a.She is an honest person who always tells the truth.✓
- b.She is a honest person who always tells the truth.
- c.She is honest person who always tells the truth.
- d.She is the honest person who always tells the truth.
'Honest' begins with a silent 'h', so it takes 'an': 'an honest person'. The choice of a/an depends on the sound, not the spelling.
Common Usage Errors
Which sentence is free of usage errors?
- a.I have visited Paris last summer.
- b.I visited Paris since last summer.
- c.I have visit Paris last summer.
- d.I visited Paris last summer.✓
A finished action at a stated past time uses the simple past: 'I visited Paris last summer.' The present perfect cannot appear with 'last summer'.