This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The batter swung the bat forcefully extremely. A) No error. B) Error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Error. 2. Steve loved the little boats. What word is the modifier? A) Steve. B) Little. C) Loved. D) Boats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little. 3. How can the following sentence be revised to eliminate the misplaced modifier error?The orchestra members prepared for the performance, who were tuning their instruments. A) Who were tuning their instruments the orchestra members prepared for the performance. B) The orchestra, who were tuning their instruments, members prepared for the performance. C) The orchestra members, who were tuning their instruments, prepared for the performance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The orchestra members, who were tuning their instruments, prepared for the performance. 4. The captains of both teams forgot the words of wisdom that (his, their) coaches had given them the night before the championship. A) Their. B) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their. 5. To fix a misplaced modifier, relocate it as close to the ..... it is supposed to modify. A) Preposition. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 6. As a young man, the radio was a new invention. A) When he was a young man, the radio was a new invention. B) As a young man the radio was a new invention. C) The radio was a new invention as a young man. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When he was a young man, the radio was a new invention. 7. Representing the conservative point of view, she was rebutted by the liberals. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 8. A pioneer in the field of neuro-linguistic programming, Richard Bandler's videos demonstrate ways for people to engage in meaningful self-improvement. A) Richard Bandler's videos. B) Videos made by Richard Bandler. C) Richard Bandler makes videos that. D) Richard Bandler, whose videos. E) In videos made by Richard Bandler they. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Bandler makes videos that. 9. Which of the following is correct? Contains NO dangling modifier. A) Exhausted by his first day at school, Sam closed his eyes in the middle of his favorite TV show. B) Exhausted by his first day at school, Sam's eyes closed in the middle of his favorite TV show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhausted by his first day at school, Sam closed his eyes in the middle of his favorite TV show. 10. Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence:Running across the park, the paddle boats on the lake appeared to be floating. A) The paddle boats running across the park appeared to be floating on the lake. B) While we were running across the park, we saw paddle boats on the lake that appeared to be floating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While we were running across the park, we saw paddle boats on the lake that appeared to be floating. 11. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Sheila watched Desmond stuff his mouth with a cupcake frosted with vanilla icing. A) Sheila was the one eating the cupcake. B) The sentence is correct. C) Desmond's mouth is what is frosted with vanilla icing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sentence is correct. 12. Correct or incorrect?They trudged along the bank of the river, hungry and exhausted. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 13. When only five years old, my father took me to see my first Dodger game. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 14. Find the dangling modifier in the sentence below. Out of money, my only choice was to borrow from a friend. A) From a friend. B) My only choice. C) Was to borrow. D) Out of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out of money. 15. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? To finish by the 3 p.m. deadline, the computer keyboard sang with Sylvia's flying fingers. A) Computer keyboards can't sing. B) Sylvia's fingers had to finish before the deadline. C) Sylvia needs to be mentioned earlier in the sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sylvia needs to be mentioned earlier in the sentence. 16. Left alone in the house, the thunderstorm terrified him. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 17. Is the sentence below the corrected version of the misplaced modifier? The robin built a nest of grass and string at the back of our house. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 18. As a member of the Super Bowl champion Patriots, Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski connected for two touchdowns in the big game. A) Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski connected. B) Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, they connected. C) Tom Brady connected with Rob Gronkowski. D) Tom Brady, who connected with Rob Gronkowski. E) Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski being connected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom Brady connected with Rob Gronkowski. 19. Correct or incorrect?The surly customer demanded the waiter, a new employee, immediately get the manager. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 20. In the captain's chair of my boat, the waves caused a bumpy ride. A) No error. B) Error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Error. 21. Correct or incorrect?The child on the bike, the blonde one, is my son. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 22. Where does the clause 'with red hair' go in the following sentence? "We took the twins to Disney World." A) Between 'twins' and 'to'. B) Between 'Disney' and 'World'. C) Between 'we' and 'took'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between 'twins' and 'to'. 23. Choose the corrected dangling modifier sentence below:Expecting rain, the umbrella was propped up against the wall. A) Bob, expecting rain, propped his umbrella up against the wall. B) The umbrella was expecting rain so Bob propped it up against the wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bob, expecting rain, propped his umbrella up against the wall. 24. What are dangling modifiers? A) Word groups that try to change the meaning of a sentence. B) Word groups that suggest but do not name an actor. C) Word groups that do name an actor. D) Word groups that do not tell the action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word groups that suggest but do not name an actor. 25. Trevor gave a sculpture to his girlfriend that he had carved out of soap. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 26. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Rapping the pencil on the edge of the desk, the fourth cause of the French Revolution would not come to mind. A) The pencil was trying to think of the fourth cause. B) We don't know who was rapping the pencil. C) The French Revolution was rapping the pencil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We don't know who was rapping the pencil. 27. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-Having finished the assignment, Jill turned on the TV. A) Dangling. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 28. Proud of Mike's accomplishment, I bought him new shoes. A) No error. B) Error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No error. 29. At the age of six, my mother sang hymns to me. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling Modifier. 30. "Celia grabbed the food for the dogs from the pantry."Which of these is the best way to revise the sentence above to make it clear and effective? A) Celia from the pantry grabbed the food for the dogs. B) The food for the dogs from the pantry Celia grabbed. C) Celia grabbed from the pantry the food for the dogs. D) For the dogs from the pantry, Celia grabbed the food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celia grabbed from the pantry the food for the dogs. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 1Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 2Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 3Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 4Dangling 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