This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Common Modifier Errors – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Common Modifier Errors Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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) Selling an antique dresser. B) Perfect. C) Antique. D) That is in perfect condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That is in perfect condition. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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) Next to my house. B) My neighbor's friendly. C) Was. D) Muddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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) Jerry's room got messier each day never cleaning it. B) Because Jerry never cleaned his room, it got messier each day. C) After never cleaning it, Jerry's room got messier each day. 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. 11. 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. 12. Jennifer quickly finished her homework after school. What is the word "quickly" modifying? A) Homework. B) Jennifer. C) School. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finished. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. Find the misplaced modifier in this sentence:Amazingly, the man ran down the stairs in a leg cast. A) In a leg cast. B) Down the stairs. C) The man ran. D) Amazingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a leg cast. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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) Behind the cash register. C) The cash register. D) Is the owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behind the cash register. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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) Day-old. B) Having had no time to eat breakfast. C) Absolutely. D) To the woman in a business suit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having had no time to eat breakfast. 28. 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. 29. 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) That was melted. B) Maroon. C) Chocolate. D) While cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That was melted. 30. Which of the following sentences has a dangling modifier? A) When you have a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. B) By having a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. C) Having a friend carefully review your essay will keep grammatical errors to a minimum. D) By having a friend carefully review your essay, you will keep grammatical errors to a minimum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By having a friend carefully review your essay, grammatical errors will be kept to a minimum. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCommon Modifier Errors Quiz 1Accept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes QuizCommon Usage Errors QuizCommon Word Errors QuizCommonly Confused Words QuizConjunction Errors In Sentences Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books