Split Infinitives Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍

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1. What error is present in the sentence:Mrs. Turner donated a book to the library that she no longer wanted.

2. What error is present in the sentence:The police officer handed the dog, panting and hungry on the curb, to its new owner.

3. What is the hidden infinitive?Watching the comet streak across the sky made us feel small.

4. Which of the following phrases is an example of an infinitive?

5. Which is a split infinitive?

6. What is the best way to revise a sentence with a split infinitive if you wish to adhere to traditional grammar rules?

7. What error is present in this sentence:While she was eating dinner, a fly slipped into her soup.

8. Which of the choices is a split infinitive?

9. Which is an example of a CORRECT Infinitive

10. Why do families like to go out?

11. What are the three main types of verbs?

12. What error is present:Is it possible for you and your friend to quietly sit together during the assembly?

13. Which of the following is NOT a reason to use a split infinitive?

14. Which one is an infinitive?

15. What is the hidden infinitive?He need not worry about us-we are always careful with things we borrow.

16. Identify the split infinitive sentence:

17. Why might a writer choose to use a split infinitive?

18. Which sentence has an infinitive?

19. I want to go to a fast food place _____ a burger.

20. What error is present in the sentence:It took all she had not to loudly scream at her mother.

21. Rita needs to go shopping this afternoon _____ a new suitcase.

22. What is the hidden infinitive?I did nothing all day but think about viewing the comet.

23. In which sentence is the split infinitive used correctly for emphasis?

24. Which of the following is a common misconception about split infinitives?

25. What is the hidden infinitive?When will people watch the comet blaze across the sky again?