Grammar Quiz A: Native Speakers - 40 questions

Whether you are a teacher or an English language learner, this quiz will surprise you with the vast number of verb tense and grammatical errors that native speakers make. Family and friends inadvertently contributed to this list along with actors, writers for TV shows, and journalists for world-renowned media companies such as CNN, MSNBC, BBC. If the organizations and individuals we trust the most to use the English language  flawlessly seem to fall short of our expectations, what can we expect from ordinary native speakers and learners? The answer sadly is “not much”!

This list is in order from the errors from very simple and very surprising to not so simple and not so surprising at all given their complexity.  Choose the best answer. Then learn about the explanation for the correct answer.


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1. There’s a lot of people here.
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2. Point production remains an area of concern for the Canadiens, however – and that includes their defensemen, none of who had more than 34 points, and only two of who had 20 points. 
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3. Point production remains an area of concern for the Canadiens, however – and that includes their defensemen, none of who had more than 34 points, and only two of who had 20 points. 
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4.  I’ll make you feel like you’re eating the first cheeseburger you ever ate.
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5.  I don't know what happened yet.
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6. It now is a few weeks since her last appointment.

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7. Pierre-Luc Dubois hadn’t lived up to his billing in his first two years in Winnipeg,
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8. In 1971 while visiting troops they had discovered that 15% of the soldiers were addicted to heroin.
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9. The rookie defenseman is dealing with a lower-body injury, and it looked like the same knee he had injured versus Florida back at the end of December.
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10. The US believes Russia had failed intercontinental ballistic missile test around when Biden was in Ukraine.
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11. You have been a nuisance since you have arrived.”
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12. They have kept me in a cage. (in an episode of Breaking Bad)
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13.  I've seen you on the bus one minute ago.
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14. By 5 a.m. on Thursday morning, 26 cm of snow was already reported in Montreal.
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15. You would never know that Guhle has been out of the lineup for 2 games with the performance he gave upon his return on Tuesday night.
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16. I've went through his newswire in the past few hours.
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17. If you would have told me about that problem yesterday,  I would have helped you.
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18. Don't you think our great grandfather would have used this weapon if he had one?
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19. It’s been a great opportunity for guys that wouldn’t probably have that chance. (If there had not been that opportunity.)
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20. Two Ukrainian soldiers from the 47th brigade, Serhiy and Andriy, told ABC News that they and their crew wouldn't be alive today if Bradley didn't protect them from a battle early on in the counteroffensive. (CNN July 1, 2023)
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21. I wish he would have told me.
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22. They risk to never realize their potential.
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23. See what he is capable to do.
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24.  Just to help to encourage him to get his life back on track.
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25. What are you using for flour? (Present-in a recipe)
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26. He was going to the gym twice a week before his accident.
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27. Marty told the boys that if they played well before the game, they will be traded to a good team.
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28. I asked my boss if I can stay in a hotel for the 8 days.
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29. He told James and I  that he was sorry.
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30. He did good yesterday.
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31. Western allies have rushed to the battlefield and integrate them into Kviv's own air defenses.
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32. Please take your seats so we could start the eulogies. (at a funeral)
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33. Sad that our team seems to think that making your goalie stopping 40+ shots per game is a strategy.
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34.  Based on how she was looking. (Based on her appearance)
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35.  I used to have a girlfriend who used to say bad things about me.
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36. It is essential everyone knows this.
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37. Many years ago his shots were not what people would want in Chicago.
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38. The TV show was telling about a rocket that was to land on the moon.
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 39.  These are the stories Carlson has been telling for two years.
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40. Which is more natural?
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