This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence correctly uses a modifier? A) Flying through the air, the ball was caught by the player. B) Flying through the air, the player caught the ball. C) The ball was caught by the player flying through the air. D) The player flying through the air caught the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flying through the air, the player caught the ball. 2. A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies. What is a misplaced modifier? A) A word, phrase, or clause that is properly placed next to the word it modifies. B) A word, phrase, or clause that is not used in a sentence. C) A word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies. D) A word, phrase, or clause that is used to modify a sentence correctly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies. 3. Identify the sentence with the correct use of modifiers. A) For breakfast, the boy ate a bowl of cereal cold. B) The boy ate a bowl for breakfast of cold cereal. C) The boy ate a cold bowl of cereal for breakfast. D) The boy ate a bowl of cold cereal for breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boy ate a bowl of cold cereal for breakfast. 4. Complete the sentence:Standing on the balcony, ..... the fireworks in the sky. A) watched B) watching C) watches D) watch A) Watch. B) Watching. C) Watched. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching. 5. True or False:In the sentence 'To win the game, practice is essential, ' the modifier is correctly placed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Dancing in the rain. A) Complete sentence. B) Dangling modifier. C) Misplaced modifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 7. The flagman motioned the car right. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 8. Choose the best phrase to complete the sentence so it is grammatically correct:'To build a strong sandcastle, ..... ' A) A lot of wet sand is needed. B) The waves must be avoided. C) Buckets and shovels are useful tools. D) You need to pack the sand tightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You need to pack the sand tightly. 9. The first exercise is the ..... of the two. A) More simple. B) Simpler. C) Simplest. D) Most simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simpler. 10. The building jutted high into the sky. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 11. Which of the following sentences has a misplaced modifier? A) The young girl wanted to go on the exciting carousel ride. B) First, we went to the grocery store on the other side of town. C) I do my chores every day because my mom asks me to. D) I saw a goose on the way home from school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I saw a goose on the way home from school. 12. Slipping on ice, Ashton broke his leg. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 13. True or False:The sentence 'Barely anyone noticed the mistake' contains a negative. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Choose the sentence that correctly uses modifiers:The dog chased by the cat barked loudly. Chased by the cat, the dog barked loudly. A) The dog chased by the cat barked loudly. B) Chased by the cat, the dog barked loudly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chased by the cat, the dog barked loudly. 15. What was the number one movie in 2000 A) Mission:impossible 2. B) Gladiator. C) The perfect storm. D) How the grinch stole Christmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How the grinch stole Christmas. 16. How is a squinting modifier different from a dangling modifier like in 'Running for the bus, my hat flew off'? A) They are the same type of error. B) A squinting modifier is a spelling error, while a dangling modifier is a grammar error. C) A squinting modifier has two possible words to describe, while a dangling modifier has no logical word to describe. D) A squinting modifier is always a single word, but a dangling modifier is always a phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A squinting modifier has two possible words to describe, while a dangling modifier has no logical word to describe. 17. What is a squinting modifier? A) A modifier that is unrelated to the sentence. B) A modifier placed at the end of a sentence. C) A modifier that could modify the phrase before or after it. D) A modifier that is always an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A modifier that could modify the phrase before or after it. 18. Identify the correctly placed modifier. A) Sold was the car parked by the tree. B) The car was sold parked by the tree. C) Parked by the tree, the car was sold. D) The car parked by the tree was sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parked by the tree, the car was sold. 19. Complete the sentence:After reading the book, ..... was returned to the library. A) it B) the student C) the librarian D) the book A) The librarian. B) The student. C) The book. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The book. 20. Which of these is considered a modifier? A) Adjective. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 21. Choose the sentence that correctly places the modifier:The cake, baked with care, was delicious. A) Baked with care, the cake was delicious. B) The delicious cake, baked with care. C) The cake was delicious, baked with care. D) With care, the cake was baked delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baked with care, the cake was delicious. 22. What is the difference between a misplaced and dangling modifier? A) Misplaced modifiers clarify sentences. B) Dangling modifiers clarify sentences for the audience. C) Misplaced modifiers are never used correctly. D) Dangling modifiers do not logically modify a word in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dangling modifiers do not logically modify a word in the sentence. 23. Which of these is the best way to revise the following 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) Never being cleaned, Jerry could not find things in his room. D) After never cleaning it, Jerry's room got messier each day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because Jerry never cleaned his room, it got messier each day. 24. True or False:The following sentence is written clearly and correctly:'He saw a bird's nest walking through the park.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Where should the red modifier be placed?Ringing, everyone glared at the man with the cell phone. A) After "the". B) After "glared". C) After "phone". D) After "everyone". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After "the". 26. True or False:'After eating lunch, the sun was shining brightly.' is a correctly structured sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. Which word does "having finished the test" modify?Having finished the test, Kenez turned his paper over and fell asleep. A) Turned. B) Paper. C) Asleep. D) Kenez. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kenez. 28. Which sentence correctly uses the modifier? The books, stacked high, were difficult to reach. A) With the books stacked high, they were difficult to reach. B) Stacked high, the books were difficult to reach. C) The books, they were difficult to reach stacked high. D) The books were difficult to reach, stacked high. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stacked high, the books were difficult to reach. 29. Which of these is clearest? A) Upon entering the doctor's office, a skeleton caught my attention. B) A skeleton caught my attention as I entered the doctor's office. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A skeleton caught my attention as I entered the doctor's office. 30. The Honda was stalled on the road out of oil. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) Correct. D) None of the above. 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