Play a free sentence correction quiz with 36 questions. Every sentence appears in four versions — only one is flawless, and the other three each hide a classic mistake. Spot the correct sentence, press it and watch your score grow. Every sentence uses a key word that starts with E.
Every question shows four versions of one sentence. Three hide a classic error — a verb that disagrees with its subject, a wrong tense, a mixed-up article, a doubled word — and exactly one version is flawless. All 36 questions live on this page, so you can scroll, choose and watch your score grow without opening a new page each time.
The correct sentence is: Each of the players received a medal after the final.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word each — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: An eagle circled high above the mountain trail.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word eagle — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The old dog lifted one ear at the familiar sound.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word ear — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The baker starts work early every morning.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word early — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: She hopes to earn enough money for a new bike.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word earn — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The earth moves around the sun once a year.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word earth — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The old tower has stood through many an earthquake.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word earthquake — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The bright colours could be seen easily from far away.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word easily — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The wind blows from the east in the dry season.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word east — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The easy questions came first in the quiz.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word easy — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: Children should eat slowly and chew their food well.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word eat — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: Our voices woke a strange echo in the empty hall.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word echo — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: We watched the lunar eclipse from the rooftop.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word eclipse — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: Careful! Do not lean over the edge of the cliff.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word edge — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: Good books educate children without them noticing.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word educate — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: She passed the test with very little effort.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word effort — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The hen laid an egg in the straw this morning.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word egg — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The bakery opens at eight in the morning.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word eight — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: He bumped his elbow on the low door frame.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word elbow — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: Her elder brother taught her to ride a bike.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word elder — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The members will elect a new chairperson in May.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word elect — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: An electric fan cooled the whole stuffy room.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word electric — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The bride wore an elegant dress of white silk.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word elegant — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The elephant flapped its big ears to stay cool.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word elephant — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The old elevator shakes a little between floors.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word elevator — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: Somebody else must have taken the umbrella.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word else — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: I sent her an email about the weekend plans.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word email — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The friends shared a warm embrace at the station.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word embrace — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: Butterflies emerge from their cocoons in spring.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word emerge — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: His voice trembled with emotion during the speech.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word emotion — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The empty bucket rolled across the yard.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word empty — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: A rainbow appeared at the end of the storm.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word end — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: A healthy breakfast gives you energy for the morning.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word energy — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: The engine coughed twice and then started smoothly.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word engine — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: We enjoy long walks along the river path.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word enjoy — scan all four versions before you choose.
The correct sentence is: There is enough bread for everyone at lunch.
Every flawless sentence on this page uses the word enough — scan all four versions before you choose.
You have completed 0 of 36 sentences. Finish the quiz to see your final score and error-spotting level.
Back to the Quiz ↑Use this list to check your answers and to revise. It shows all 36 flawless sentences from the quiz, each with its key word highlighted on the left. Cover the key-word column, read a question from the quiz, and see whether you can spot the correct version before you peek.
| # | Correct Sentence | Key Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each of the players received a medal after the final. | each |
| 2 | An eagle circled high above the mountain trail. | eagle |
| 3 | The old dog lifted one ear at the familiar sound. | ear |
| 4 | The baker starts work early every morning. | early |
| 5 | She hopes to earn enough money for a new bike. | earn |
| 6 | The earth moves around the sun once a year. | earth |
| 7 | The old tower has stood through many an earthquake. | earthquake |
| 8 | The bright colours could be seen easily from far away. | easily |
| 9 | The wind blows from the east in the dry season. | east |
| 10 | The easy questions came first in the quiz. | easy |
| 11 | Children should eat slowly and chew their food well. | eat |
| 12 | Our voices woke a strange echo in the empty hall. | echo |
| 13 | We watched the lunar eclipse from the rooftop. | eclipse |
| 14 | Careful! Do not lean over the edge of the cliff. | edge |
| 15 | Good books educate children without them noticing. | educate |
| 16 | She passed the test with very little effort. | effort |
| 17 | The hen laid an egg in the straw this morning. | egg |
| 18 | The bakery opens at eight in the morning. | eight |
| 19 | He bumped his elbow on the low door frame. | elbow |
| 20 | Her elder brother taught her to ride a bike. | elder |
| 21 | The members will elect a new chairperson in May. | elect |
| 22 | An electric fan cooled the whole stuffy room. | electric |
| 23 | The bride wore an elegant dress of white silk. | elegant |
| 24 | The elephant flapped its big ears to stay cool. | elephant |
| 25 | The old elevator shakes a little between floors. | elevator |
| 26 | Somebody else must have taken the umbrella. | else |
| 27 | I sent her an email about the weekend plans. | |
| 28 | The friends shared a warm embrace at the station. | embrace |
| 29 | Butterflies emerge from their cocoons in spring. | emerge |
| 30 | His voice trembled with emotion during the speech. | emotion |
| 31 | The empty bucket rolled across the yard. | empty |
| 32 | A rainbow appeared at the end of the storm. | end |
| 33 | A healthy breakfast gives you energy for the morning. | energy |
| 34 | The engine coughed twice and then started smoothly. | engine |
| 35 | We enjoy long walks along the river path. | enjoy |
| 36 | There is enough bread for everyone at lunch. | enough |
Reading a sentence and judging a sentence are two different skills — and correction is where grammar finally gets tested. A correction task forces you to look closely at how English sentences are built: the subject and its verb, the tense of the action, the little articles and prepositions that glue everything together. This quiz focuses on useful words starting with E — words like each, eagle, ear, early, earn, earth — and hides each one inside a natural, everyday sentence that appears in four versions, three of them faulty.
Each question quietly tests subject-verb agreement, tense, articles, prepositions and word forms — the exact patterns examiners ask about — inside complete sentences rather than isolated rules.
The key words are common, practical words you meet in school work, stories and conversation. Meeting them inside correct sentences makes them far easier to remember and reuse.
The sticky score bar and the per-set pills show exactly how your error radar improves. Replay a letter after a week and compare your best score.
A sentence correction question takes one idea and writes it in four different ways. Three of the versions contain the kinds of mistakes real writers make; one version is completely correct. Your job is to find the flawless version and leave the three traps behind. The quiz marks your choice instantly, shows the correct sentence with the key word highlighted, and quietly explains the pattern you should look for next time.
Teachers like the format because it tests judgement, not just recognition: you must weigh every option against the rules you know, which is much closer to editing your own writing than ticking a vocabulary box. It also scales beautifully — short single-clause sentences suit beginners, while longer sentences with time and place phrases challenge advanced learners. Here is what a typical question looks like:
| Faulty version | Correct version | The hidden error |
|---|---|---|
| The list of items are on the desk. | The list of items is on the desk. | The subject is “list”, so the verb must be singular. |
| Yesterday we go to the museum. | Yesterday we went to the museum. | “Yesterday” demands the past tense. |
| She adopted a honest puppy. | She adopted an honest puppy. | Use “an” before a vowel sound. |
| The choir sang beautiful. | The choir sang beautifully. | Adverbs, not adjectives, describe verbs. |
Almost every faulty version in this quiz hides one of six classic mistakes. Learn these families and many answers will almost find themselves.
A singular subject needs a singular verb: the dog runs, the dogs run. Watch out for phrases that separate the subject from the verb — "the list of items is", not "are".
Time words are anchors. Yesterday, last week and in 1999 demand past forms; every morning and usually demand the simple present. Mixed tenses in one clause are always wrong.
Use an before vowel sounds (an hour, an honest answer), a before consonant sounds (a university), and never drop the before a specific noun such as the top line.
Fixed pairs matter: arrive at a platform, in the morning, on Monday, afraid of the dark, wait at the airport. Swapping one small word can break the pattern.
Verbs take adverbs (sang beautifully) and nouns take adjectives (a beautiful song). And read carefully for doubled words — "the the", "every every" — a classic typing slip that correction tests love.
its / it's, their / there, then / than, past / passed — sound-alike pairs hide in many options. Check every small word: if it sounds the same but means something else, it is the error.
When the flawless version does not jump out immediately, slow down and work through these steps before you commit.
These six rules hide behind faulty versions again and again. Learn each with its example, and you will start hearing the correct sentence instead of guessing it.
| Rule | Faulty | Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Subject and verb must agree | The list of items are on the desk. | The list of items is on the desk. |
| Match the tense to the time | Yesterday we go to the museum. | Yesterday we went to the museum. |
| Choose the right article | She adopted a honest puppy. | She adopted an honest puppy. |
| Use prepositions precisely | The film starts in eight o\u2019clock. | The film starts at eight o\u2019clock. |
| Match word form to word job | The choir sang beautiful. | The choir sang beautifully. |
| Never double a comparative | This road is more shorter than that one. | This road is shorter than that one. |
Error-spotting and sentence improvement questions appear in school worksheets, literacy tests and competitive exams. GMAT Sentence Correction made the format famous; SAT Writing and ACT English use it in almost every paper; IELTS and TOEFL reward the same editing instincts in writing tasks; and various bank and Olympiad papers ask candidates to find the part of a sentence that contains an error. The core skill — hearing which version sounds like careful English — is identical everywhere, so practising here transfers directly.
Fifteen to twenty minutes a day is enough. Follow this plan, then move on to the next letter.
Teachers, tutors and parents can turn this letter quiz into a longer learning session with these simple ideas.
Read one question aloud and let teams bid on how confident they are before answering. Correct teams win the pot — a quick lesson in trusting your grammar instincts.
After each answer, students rewrite the correct sentence and change exactly one word to plant a brand-new error. Swapping and repairing turns recognition into writing.
Open this page on a projector, split the class into teams and let one player per team explain the choice before locking it in. The sticky score bar makes tracking easy.
Pick one rule from the grammar table each morning and award a point to every student who catches it in the wild — in books, signs or songs — during the day.
This page has 36 questions, all on one page and split into 4 sets of up to 10. Each question shows four versions of one complete sentence; only one version is flawless, and the other three each hide a typical mistake.
You will correct sentences that use words such as: each, eagle, ear, early, earn, earth. Each question shows a hint word and four versions of a sentence - you choose the one that is completely correct, and the quiz explains the right answer instantly.
A sentence correction question shows one idea written in four different ways. Three versions contain the kinds of errors real writers make - a verb that disagrees with its subject, a wrong tense, a missing article, a mixed-up preposition, a doubled word or a missing capital letter. Only one version is correct, and your job is to find it.
Read all four versions first and look for the differences - the words that change from option to option are exactly where the error hides. Then test each change against the rule you know: does the verb match its subject, does the tense match the time word, does the article sound right? The version that breaks no rules is your answer.
Yes. It is completely free, needs no sign-up and you can retake it as many times as you like.
Yes. Press the Reset Quiz button in the score bar to clear your answers and start again. Your best score for this letter is remembered on this device.
Each letter page collects correction practice for one letter of the alphabet. Every flawless sentence in this quiz contains a key word beginning with E, so you sharpen your grammar while you revise vocabulary letter by letter.
School students, English learners and anyone preparing for error-spotting or sentence-correction questions in exams such as SAT, ACT, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL and various bank and Olympiad papers. Teachers and parents can also use it as a quick classroom or homework activity.
Use the A to Z letter bar at the top and bottom of this page. Every letter has its own sentence correction quiz page.
You have corrected sentences with words that start with E. Replay the quiz to improve your score, then continue with another letter to cover the whole alphabet.
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