This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Correcting Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Correcting Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 2 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Revise the following sentence so that the modifier is correctly placed. If there is more than one correct answer, choose all correct answers. Watching the sunset, the evening seemed to be perfect. A) The evening, watching the sunset, seemed to be perfect. B) Watching the sunset, Kara thought the evening was perfect. C) It seemed to be a perfect evening, watching the sunset. D) The evening seemed to be perfect, as Kara was watching the sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching the sunset, Kara thought the evening was perfect. 2. How can you correct a misplaced modifier? A) By changing it to a verb. B) By placing it next to the word it modifies. C) By removing it from the sentence. D) By adding a comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By placing it next to the word it modifies. 3. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence?Scrubbing the tile grout with bleach and an old toothbrush, the mildew stains began to fade. A) We don't know who scrubbed the tile grout. B) The mildew stains were scrubbing the tile grout. C) A toothbrush was scrubbing the tile grout. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We don't know who scrubbed the tile grout. 4. "The old patient was referred to the Chinese physician with stomach pains." Which word or phrase is the misplaced modifier? A) Chinese. B) Old patient. C) With stomach pains. D) Physician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With stomach pains. 5. Choose the sentence with a misplaced modifier. A) Jason found the winter wind unbearable, wearing only a thin jacket. B) The winter wind was unbearable, wearing only a thin jacket. C) Wearing only a thin jacket, Jason found the winter wind unbearable. D) Wearing only a thin jacket, the winter wind was unbearable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wearing only a thin jacket, the winter wind was unbearable. 6. Which sentence correctly uses modifiers without any errors? A) Tired and hungry, the lunch was quickly eaten. B) The man with glasses helped the woman. C) The cookies in the jar are for eating later. D) She found a kitten walking home last night.TagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The man with glasses helped the woman. 7. Choose the best way to correct the following sentence:While on vacation last December, Kyle encountered a coyote skiing in the mountains. A) While on vacation last December, Kyle encountered a coyote skiing on a sled. B) While Kyle was skiing in the mountains on vacation last December, he encountered a coyote. C) The sentence is correct as written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While Kyle was skiing in the mountains on vacation last December, he encountered a coyote. 8. What is the correct way to express:'Flying over the city, the buildings looked magnificent.' A) Flying over the city, the buildings looked magnificent. B) Flying over the city, magnificent buildings were seen. C) The buildings looked magnificent flying over the city. D) The buildings looked magnificent as we flew over the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The buildings looked magnificent as we flew over the city. 9. Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence:'The cat sat on the mat with a fluffy tail.' A) The mat. B) With a fluffy tail. C) The cat. D) Sat on the mat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a fluffy tail. 10. Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "I heard that there was a robbery on the news." A) I heard. B) That there was a robbery. C) On the news. D) A robberyTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the news. 11. "The salesman sold the picture to the short woman in the silver frame." A correct version is: A) The salesman sold the silver picture to the short framed woman. B) The salesman sold the picture in the silver frame to the short woman. C) The silver salesman sold the picture to the short framed woman. D) The salesman sold the framed picture to the short silver woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The salesman sold the picture in the silver frame to the short woman. 12. Identify the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "With a heavy heart, the news was delivered by the officer." A) Was delivered. B) The news. C) By the officer. D) With a heavy heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With a heavy heart. 13. Correct the misplaced modifier in this sentence: "The student read the book in the library that was overdue." A) The student in the library read the book that was overdue. B) The student read the overdue book in the library. C) In the library, the student read the book that was overdue. D) The overdue book was read in the library by the student. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The student read the overdue book in the library. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCorrecting Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 1Accept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes QuizCommon Modifier Errors QuizCommon Usage Errors QuizCommon Word Errors QuizCommonly Confused Words Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books