This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Modifier Errors – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Modifier Errors Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To help keep this party a secret, all of the decorations and supplies will be kept where the birthday boy never goes, at Lisa's house. What is the dangling modifier in this sentence? A) To help keep this party a secret. B) At Lisa's house. C) Where the birthday boy never goes. D) Of the decorations and supplies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help keep this party a secret. 2. Which of the following sentences is written with all modifiers placed correctly? A) The kitten belongs to my neighbor that is on the branch. B) The students received an A who made the first presentation. C) I showed the colorful cotton fabric that was made in Kenya to my sister. D) The doctor said that the triplets were quite healthy who examined them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I showed the colorful cotton fabric that was made in Kenya to my sister. 3. A dangling modifier occurs when a modifier in a sentence is ..... the word it modifies. A) Far away from. B) Close to. C) Missing. D) Describing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missing. 4. However, there (can be, can't be) no doubt that little Howie is smart. A) Can be. B) Can't be. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be. 5. Which sentence avoids misplaced modifiers? A) Drooling in anticipation of the treat, Gizmo waited for Sylvia to reward him with a dog cookie. B) Drooling in anticipation of the treat, Sylvia rewarded Gizmo with a dog cookie. C) Drooling in anticipation of the treat, a dog cookie was given to Gizmo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drooling in anticipation of the treat, Gizmo waited for Sylvia to reward him with a dog cookie. 6. Find the misplaced modifier in this sentence:We almost lost all our money, and now we only have $ 10.00 to last the rest of the week. A) To last the rest of the week. B) Of the week. C) Almost. D) To last. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Almost. 7. The patient was referred to the physician with stomach pains. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced. 8. Choose the misplaced modifier in the sentence below:I didn't even make one mistake on the midterm test. A) Even. B) On the midterm test. C) One mistake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even. 9. The lake is darker over there because it is (more deeper, deeper). A) More deeper. B) Deeper. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deeper. 10. You (won't, will) never guess what he can already do. A) Won't. B) Will. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will. 11. Is this sentence below correctly written or does it have a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part?With white fur, my cousin has a cat. A) Correctly written. B) Incorrectly written with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly written with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. 12. Where should the red modifier be placed? Ringing, everyone glared at the man with the cell phone. A) After everyone. B) After phone. C) After the. D) After glared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the. 13. Nobody had (ever, never) given me a one hundred in math before. A) Ever. B) Never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ever. 14. Where should the red modifier be placed? Mary read that a wasp larva spins a cocoon in the encyclopedia. A) After spins. B) After wasp. C) After read. D) After cocoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After read. 15. Mark Twain was more outspoken than (any other, any) writer of his time A) Any other. B) Any. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any other. 16. One day I (could, couldn't) find my homework nowhere A) Could. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 17. Is the sentence below correctly written or does it have a misplace, awkward, or confusing part?Steve loved the little boats. A) Correctly written. B) Incorrect with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly written. 18. He is (more readier, readier) to talk than I was at age two. A) More readier. B) Readier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Readier. 19. I (can, can't) hardly wait to tell you. A) Can. B) Can't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 20. Is the sentence below correctly written or does it have a misplace, awkward, or confusing part? Take the note which Kim wrote to Mr. Henderson's office A) Correctly written. B) Incorrect with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correctly written. 21. When grocery shopping, ..... Which of the following best completes the sentence above? A) A list of needed items is essential. B) It is necessary to have a list of needed items. C) You should have a list of needed items. D) There is an advantage to having a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You should have a list of needed items. 22. Filled with an assortment of cakes, Josephine drooled as she peered into the glass display case because she hadn't had dessert in months. What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence? A) Josephine drooled as she peered. B) Into the glass display case. C) Filled with an assortment of cakes. D) Because she hadn't had dessert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filled with an assortment of cakes. 23. Mr. Van Daan was more selfish than (any other, any) character in the play A) Any other. B) Any. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any other. 24. Where does the phrase "with the flat tire" belong in the sentence below? You should take the bicycle to the repair shop down the street with the flat tire. A) Between bicycle and to. B) Between You and should. C) Between should and take. D) Between shop and down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between bicycle and to. 25. Which of the following is a dangling modifier in the sentence below? Sleeping, the heavy rainstorm passing through was not heard. A) Sleeping. B) Heavy. C) Passing through. D) Not heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeping. 26. Three of the following sentences have errors in the use of modifiers; ONE sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of modifiers. A) Your advice is the wisest that I've received. B) The committee will choose the more abler of the two candidates. C) Since her accident, Lisa seems more cautiously. D) Brad and Kevin collect geodes; Brad's collection is biggest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your advice is the wisest that I've received. 27. One day I couldn't find my homework (nowhere, anywhere) A) Nowhere. B) Anywhere. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anywhere. 28. James is my (best, bestest) friend. A) Best. B) Bestest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Best. 29. Which of the following sentences is most clear and probably what the person speaking it intended? A) A. We discovered an Italian bakery that just opened a few miles from our house. B) B. We discovered an Italian bakery a few miles from our house that had just opened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. We discovered an Italian bakery that just opened a few miles from our house. 30. Which part of the sentence is confusing and unclear?After being shampooed, Trish was surprised by the carpet's new look. A) By the carpet's new look. B) After being shampooed. C) Was surprised. D) Trish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After being shampooed. 31. Which of the following is a misplaced modifier in the sentence below? I am selling an antique dresser for my grandmother that is in perfect condition. A) Antique. B) Perfect. C) Selling an antique dresser. D) That is in perfect condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That is in perfect condition. 32. Which sentence has the correctly placed modifier? A) The dog belongs to that child with the brown spots. B) With the brown spots, the dog belongs to that child. C) To that child, the dog belongs with the brown spots. D) The dog with the brown spots belongs to that child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog with the brown spots belongs to that child. 33. Walking home at night, the trees looked like spooky aliens. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 34. The answer is (odder, more odder) than you might think. A) Odder. B) More odder. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Odder. 35. Which of the choices below is NOT a modifier in the following sentence? "My neighbor's friendly dog was swimming in the muddy creek next to my house." A) Was. B) My neighbor's friendly. C) Next to my house. D) Muddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 36. It's not ..... to sing when you are sick. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 37. A solar eclipse (will never, won't never) happen two days in a row. A) Will never. B) Won't never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will never. 38. Chewing furiously, the gum fell out of my mouth. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 39. Take the loose change to a self-service coin machine. Where does the clause "that you have collected over the years" belong in the sentence above? A) Between the and loose. B) Before Take. C) Between change and to. D) After machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between change and to. 40. Which of these is the best way to revise the below sentence to make it clear and effective? Never cleaning his room, it got messier each day. A) After never cleaning it, Jerry's room got messier each day. B) Because Jerry never cleaned his room, it got messier each day. C) Jerry's room got messier each day never cleaning it. D) Never being cleaned, Jerry could not find things in his room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because Jerry never cleaned his room, it got messier each day. 41. Is this sentence correctly written or does it have a misplaced modifier (awkward, confusing part)?We ran from hideous mutants we saw quickly A) Correctly written. B) Incorrect with a misplaced, awkward, confusing part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect with a misplaced, awkward, confusing part. 42. Jennifer quickly finished her homework after school. What is the word "quickly" modifying? A) Jennifer. B) Homework. C) School. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finished. 43. I think "The Monkey's Paw" is scarier than (any, any other) story in the book. A) Any. B) Any other. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any other. 44. Gary enjoys reading more than (anything, anything else). A) Anything. B) Anything else. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything else. 45. Find the misplaced modifier in this sentence:Amazingly, the man ran down the stairs in a leg cast. A) The man ran. B) Amazingly. C) Down the stairs. D) In a leg cast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a leg cast. 46. While she was playing at the park, Lindy accidentally stepped on a piece of glass without any shoes on. What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence? A) At the park. B) Accidentally. C) Without any shoes on. D) On a piece of glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Without any shoes on. 47. She is the (more friendlier, friendlier) of the two sisters. A) More friendlier. B) Friendlier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendlier. 48. Find the misplaced words in the sentence:I'm returning the shirt to the store that is too small. A) The shirt. B) To the store. C) I'm returning the shirt. D) That is too small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That is too small. 49. Is the sentence below correctly written or does it have a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part?Biting my lip, not laughing was difficult. A) Correctly written. B) Incorrectly with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly with a misplaced, awkward, or confusing part. 50. Which of the following words is the misplaced modifiers?He nearly drove the car for six hours a day. A) Nearly. B) Six. C) Hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nearly. 51. When running, it is important to breathe through your nose. What change, if any, should be made to the sentence above? A) Move When running to the end of the sentence. B) No change. C) Change it is to you are. D) Add you are between When and running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add you are between When and running. 52. Billie was (quieter, more quieter) than usual. A) Quieter. B) More quieter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quieter. 53. He had made the (funniest, most funniest) comment. A) Funniest. B) Most funniest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Funniest. 54. What is the modifier in the sentence below that is describing the word woman. The woman behind the cash register is the owner of the store. A) Of the store. B) Is the owner. C) The cash register. D) Behind the cash register. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behind the cash register. 55. Which word is a misplaced modifier in the sentence below? This year's graduating class admires really the famous British authors of the 19th century. A) Graduating. B) Really. C) Famous. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really. 56. She can write more clearly than (anyone else, anyone). A) Anyone else. B) Anyone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anyone else. 57. Having had no time to eat breakfast, the day-old bagel looked absolutely delicious to the woman in a business suit. Which modifier is dangling in the sentence above? A) Having had no time to eat breakfast. B) To the woman in a business suit. C) Absolutely. D) Day-old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having had no time to eat breakfast. 58. I think O. Henry is more humorous than (any, any other) writer. A) Any. B) Any other. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any other. 59. Which modifier is misplaced in sentence 1? (1) While cleaning, Ms. Faber found chocolate candy inside her maroon car that was melted. (2) She was happy that she had leather seats, which allowed her to simply wipe off the chocolate with a damp towel. A) Chocolate. B) That was melted. C) Maroon. D) While cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That was melted. 60. Which of the following sentences has a dangling modifier? A) By having a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. B) By having a friend carefully review your essay, you will keep grammatical errors to a minimum. C) Having a friend carefully review your essay will keep grammatical errors to a minimum. D) When you have a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By having a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAccept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes QuizCommon Usage Errors QuizCommon Word Errors QuizCommonly Confused Words QuizConjunction Errors In Sentences QuizCorrect Usage Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books