This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling And Misplaced Modifiers Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:Spending way to much money on his house, Brian's salary wasn't enough. A) Both. B) Dangling Modifier. C) Misplaced Modifier. D) Neither, It's Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplaced Modifier. 2. Choose the best way to correct the sentence:After learning to sit and roll over, Walter entered his puppy in a local dog show. A) After Walter learned to sit and roll over, the puppy entered him in a local dog show. B) After Walter's puppy learned to sit and roll over, Walter entered him in a local dog show. C) It's already correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After Walter's puppy learned to sit and roll over, Walter entered him in a local dog show. 3. Correct or incorrect?Colin, a sensitive boy, trembled at the sound of thunder. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 4. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:Working out one morning, the solution to the problem hit me. A) Neither, It's Correct. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Both. D) Dangling Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dangling Modifier. 5. Choose the correct misplaced word(s) in the sentence below. The costumer demanded that the waiter take her order rudely. A) Demanded. B) That the waiter take her order. C) Costumer. D) Nearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nearly. 6. Which word is being modified in the following sentence? "In pajamas, the students were excited to see the movie." A) Students. B) Movie. C) Pajamas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students. 7. Read the following sentences and select the BEST correction.12. The teacher gave John a detention because he was late. A) A detention was given, by John, for being late. B) Because he was late, the teacher gave John a detention. C) The teacher and John were late to detention. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he was late, the teacher gave John a detention. 8. Two cars were reported stolen by the police this week. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 9. A word or phrase that is misplaced and changes the meaning or purpose of the sentence. A) Verbs. B) Participles. C) Misplaced Modifier. D) Dangling Modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplaced Modifier. 10. Is the sentence below the corrected version of the misplaced modifier? Take the note which Kim wrote to Mr. Henderson's office A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Emma Sue was delighted when Mr. Nguyen returned her perfect calculus test with an ear-to-ear grin. A) Mr. Nguyen was the who took the test. B) It sounds like the calculus test as the grin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It sounds like the calculus test as the grin. 12. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences.3. Though very happy, the wedding ring didn't fit her finger. A) Didn't fit her finger. B) Her finger. C) Though very happy. D) Wedding ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Though very happy. 13. Read the following sentences and select the BEST correction.14. The student was admired by all of her friends with the pink hair. A) The student with the pink hair was admired by all of her friends. B) Admired by all of her friends was the student with the pink hair. C) With the pink hair, the friends admired the student. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The student with the pink hair was admired by all of her friends. 14. Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense? Listening to music while walking home, A) My friend's shouts of "hello" went unnoticed. B) I didn't notice my friend trying to get my attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I didn't notice my friend trying to get my attention. 15. Correct or incorrect?Standing near the runway, the sound of the jets was deafening. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 16. Where should the red modifier be placed? Joshua and Reginald heard that there was a destructive hailstorm on the news. A) After heard. B) After was. C) After destructive. D) After Joshua. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After heard. 17. What type of error, if any, does the following sentence have?We left our car at the shop with a flat tire. A) No error. B) A misplaced modifier. C) A dangling modifier. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A misplaced modifier. 18. Choose the best way to correct the sentence:Two cars were reported stolen by the police this week. A) The police stole two cars this week. B) The police reported that two cars were stolen this week. C) It's already correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The police reported that two cars were stolen this week. 19. What is the following sentence saying?Entering the dining room, the roast turkey looked appetizing. A) The roast turkey was entering the dining room. B) We thought the roast turkey looked appetizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The roast turkey was entering the dining room. 20. 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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We don't know who scrubbed the tile grout. 21. 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 You and should. B) Between bicycle and to. C) Between shop and down. D) Between should and take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between bicycle and to. 22. Does this sentence contain a misplaced or dangling modifier:While talking on the phone, the door opened. A) Both. B) Dangling Modifier. C) Misplaced Modifier. D) Neither, It's Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplaced Modifier. 23. What kind of modifier problem does this sentence have? We were told the movie would begin at 7:00 pm. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Correct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 24. Advertising a music festival, Paul saw a billboard while he was driving on the highway. What is the best way, if any, to rewrite this sentence? A) While he was driving on the highway advertising a music festival, Paul saw a billboard. B) While he was driving on the highway, Paul saw a billboard advertising a music festival. C) Advertising a music festival, Paul saw a billboard driving on the highway. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While he was driving on the highway, Paul saw a billboard advertising a music festival. 25. Identify the misplaced modifier or dangling modifiers in the sentences. 5. The girl said on Wednesday with a blue skirt she would call us. A) With a blue skirt. B) Girl said. C) Would call us. D) The girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With a blue skirt. 26. What is the following sentence saying?Born into an immigrant family, the White House seemed an impossible goal. A) The White House goal seemed impossible because he was born to an immigrant family. B) The White House was born into an immigrant family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The White House was born into an immigrant family. 27. Standing near the runway, the noise of the jets was deafening. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 28. My friend uses a pen to write his essays with a gold cap. A) Misplaced. B) Dangling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced. 29. Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense? Out of honey crunch cereal, A) Oatmeal was the best alternative. B) I decided oatmeal was the best alternative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I decided oatmeal was the best alternative. 30. Choose the sentence with the corrected misplaced modifier:She almost needed one day to complete the assignment. A) She needed one day to almost complete the assignment. B) She needed almost one day to complete the assignment. 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