This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Like most university professors in 1881, Jean Cocteau's personality was acerbic. A) Jean Cocteau's personality were acerbic. B) Jean Cocteau had an acerbic personality. C) Jean Cocteau' s personality was acerbic. D) Belonging to Jean Cocteau was an acerbic personality. E) An acerbic personality belonged to Jean Cocteau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jean Cocteau had an acerbic personality. 2. Where should the red modifier be placed? She had read that a new restaurant had opened in today's newspaper. A) After she. B) After had. C) After opened. D) After read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After read. 3. While jogging down the street, A) My phone started ringing. B) I got a phone call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I got a phone call. 4. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.2. She bought a cake from the bakery with chocolate icing. A) With chocolate icing. B) She bought. C) Bought a cake. D) From the bakery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With chocolate icing. 5. Being very shy, strangers frighten my little sister. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 6. Rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour, Cayley watched the machine take off. A) NO CHANGE. B) Cayley watched the machine take off rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour. C) The plane rolled down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour Cayley watched the machine take off. D) It rolled down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour, Cayley watched the machine take off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cayley watched the machine take off rolling down the hill at perhaps 25 miles per hour. 7. Which is the correct way to write the sentence? A) In one week, the cat nearly caught every mouse in the house. B) In one week, the cat had caught nearly every mouse in the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In one week, the cat had caught nearly every mouse in the house. 8. Correct or incorrect?Under a glowing harvest moon, Deirdre walked her dog carrying a cell phone and a steaming mug of peppermint tea. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 9. Choose the sentence in which the modifiers are correctly placed. A) Sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, Desmond saw Mom's beautiful birthdaycake. B) Desmond, sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, saw Mom's beautiful birthdaycake. C) Sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, Mom's beautiful birthday cake caughtDesmon's attention. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, Mom's beautiful birthday cake caughtDesmon's attention. 10. Find the certain single-word modifier in the Sentence below. Carrie nearly has sixty freckles on her face A) Has sixty freckles. B) On her face. C) Carrie. D) Nearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nearly. 11. Identify the modifying phrase:Covered in cream sauce, my husband loves chicken alfredo. A) My husband loves. B) Covered in cream sauce. C) Chicken alfredo. D) Cream sauce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covered in cream sauce. 12. Walking down the hallway, all the lockers were open. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling modifier. 13. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Too hungry to wait for Brenda's return from the restroom, the bowl of egg drop soup quickly disappeared. A) The sentence is correct. B) Brenda was too hungry to wait. C) We don't know who was too hungry to wait. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We don't know who was too hungry to wait. 14. Which modifier is misplaced in the following sentence?Every morning, Arthur likes to slowly eat a blueberry muffin in his pajamas. A) Every morning. B) In his pajamas. C) Slowly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In his pajamas. 15. Choose the corrected sentence below:The young lady was walking the dog on the cell phone. A) The young lady on the phone was walking the dog. B) The dog was walking the young lady on the phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The young lady on the phone was walking the dog. 16. Worried, dark circles appeared under Nathan's eyes. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 17. The car on the bridge which is green is mine. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced Modifier. 18. Initially trained as a paleontologist, Jack Horner's consulting work helped make the Jurassic Park movies more scientifically accurate than previous dinosaur-related film efforts. A) The consulting work of Jack Horner. B) Jack Horner, whose consulting work. C) Jack Horner performed consulting work that. D) Jack Horner's consulting work. E) Consulting work performed by Jack Horner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jack Horner performed consulting work that. 19. What word is a misplaced word in the sentence below. Moving around the sun, Earth's speed is more than 66, 000 miles per hour. A) More than 66, 000 miles. B) Earth's speed. C) Miles per hour. D) Moving around the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moving around the sun. 20. Correct or incorrect?Though not a fan of scary movies, A Quiet Place is actually quite good. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 21. Uncle Jim bought a new carriage for the baby that was on sale. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 22. To improve the results, the experiment was done again. A) Correct. B) Misplaced. C) Dangling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dangling. 23. Find the misplaced modifier in the sentence:After being shampooed, Trish was surprised by the carpet's new look. A) Trish. B) By the carpet's new look. C) Was surprised. D) After being shampooed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After being shampooed. 24. "While they were dining, many guests admired the intricate centerpiece."If we wanted to add the phrase "on the kitchen table" to describe the centerpiece, where should we place it in the sentence above? A) Between guests and admired. B) After centerpiece. C) Between the and intricate. D) Before While. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After centerpiece. 25. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:While I was waiting for my mom, snow started to fall heavily around me. A) Misplaced Modifier. B) Both. C) Dangling Modifier. D) Neither, It's Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither, It's Correct. 26. Read the following sentences and select the BEST correction.15. In the magazine, the singer was portrayed respectfully. A) Respectfully, the singer portrayed the magazine. B) Respectfully, the magazine portrayed the singer. C) No change. D) The magazine, respectively, the singer portrayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respectfully, the singer portrayed the magazine. 27. The friendly man said hello to my mother, whose name I can't remember. A) No error. B) Error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Error. 28. Because he never forgot his friends, well-loved throughout the community was Walter Sobchak. A) Well-loved throughout the community was Walter Sobchak. B) Well-loved throughout the community is Walter Sobchak. C) Walter Sobchak's being well-loved throughout the community. D) Walter Sobchak were well-loved throughout the community. E) Walter Sobchak was well-loved throughout the community. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Walter Sobchak was well-loved throughout the community. 29. Which of the following is a dangling modifier in the sentence below? All of the required materials should be carefully gathered before beginning the project. A) Of the required materials. B) Carefully. C) Required. D) Before beginning the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before beginning the project. 30. She wore a straw hat, which was obviously too small, on the back of her head. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 1Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 2Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 4Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 5Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 6Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 7Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 8Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books