Common Errors -- S --
Quiz 1
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. Each question has only one correct answer.
It’s _________that we’d better go hiking in Yang-ming Mountain.
- so lovely a day
- a so lovely day
- such lovely a day
- a such lovely day
Sheila spent three hours _______ German this afternoon.
- to study
- studied
- in studying
- having studied
It _____Michelle three hundred pounds to buy the necklace.
- spent
- cost
- took
- expensed
Most people aren’t aware of ____ changes of temperature.
- tiny
- small
- little
- minute
The notice _______that we must be at the railway station before six in the morning.
- says
- talks
- speaks
- states
For the train delayed out of no reason, Maria waited for ________ on the platform.
- sometime
- some time
- sometimes
- the same time
John is so obtuse; he is not _______ to other people’s feelings at all.
- sense
- sensible
- sensitive
- enough sense
Tricia _______ no effort to prepare for her final exams in order to obtain A in her academic performance.
- cost
- saved
- took
- spared
We’d better _______ the whole thing over again before we make a decision.
- say
- talk
- speak
- tell
In the civil assembly the president ________that he was quite satisfied with the results of the summit talks.
- said
- told
- stated
- talked