This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:The sentence 'Hoping to earn good grades, studying all night was my plan, ' contains a misplaced modifier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Identify the sentence with the correct simple modifier usage. A) The car drives fastly. B) The baby sleeps soundly. C) The sun shines bright. D) The rain falls hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The baby sleeps soundly. 3. True or False:The sentence 'Running down the street, the dog chased the ball' is an example of a dangling modifier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Finish this sentence correctly:Taking a deep breath, A) The audience listened as the singer began. B) The song's melody started. C) The singer began her performance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The singer began her performance. 5. Which sentence is correct? The painting, admired by everyone, was hung in the gallery. A) Admired by everyone, the painting was hung in the gallery. B) The painting was hung in the gallery, admired by everyone. C) The painting admired by everyone, was hung in the gallery. D) In the gallery, the painting was admired by everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admired by everyone, the painting was hung in the gallery. 6. Is the modifier used correctly in this sentence?Running from New York to Florida, people ride the Silver Star. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 7. My baby sister cries ..... at bedtime. A) Loudly. B) Loud. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loudly. 8. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:'She sang beautifully at the concert.' A) Sang. B) Beautifully. C) Concert. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautifully. 9. Which word is a simple modifier in the sentence:'The soup is too hot to eat.' A) Too. B) Eat. C) Hot. D) Soup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hot. 10. Fix the dangling modifier in the following sentence: "Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on." A) Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on by them. B) Having finished the assignment, they turned on the TV. C) The TV, having finished the assignment, was turned on. D) The assignment was finished, and then the TV was turned on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having finished the assignment, they turned on the TV. 11. Which sentence best corrects the misplaced modifier? A) The man bought a car that was green at the dealership. B) At the dealership, the green car was bought by the man. C) The man at the dealership bought a green car. D) The green car was bought by the man at the dealership. A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 12. Which revision best corrects the misplaced modifier? 'She only saw the movie yesterday.' A) She saw the movie only yesterday. B) She saw the only movie yesterday. C) Only she saw the movie yesterday. D) She saw only the movie yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She saw the movie only yesterday. 13. Complete the sentence:The book ..... was left on the table. A) Been borrowed. B) I borrowed. C) Borrowing. D) Borrowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I borrowed. 14. True or False:The sentence 'Hoping to get a good grade, the test was studied for all night' contains a dangling modifier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Select the best choice to correct the sentence:The child playing on the jungle gym with fuzzy orange hair is my nephew. A) Delete "the child playing". B) No changes necessary. C) Add "green" before "jungle gym". D) Move "with fuzzy orange hair" to after "child". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move "with fuzzy orange hair" to after "child". 16. Describes another word or phrase A) Phrase. B) Modifier. C) Grammar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifier. 17. What is the correct placement of the modifier in the following sentence?Misplaced:After eating dinner, the movie was watched. A) After dinner, the movie was watched. B) After eating dinner, the movie was watched. C) The movie was watched, after eating dinner. D) The movie was watched after eating dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After eating dinner, the movie was watched. 18. True or False? 'Bouncing the ball, the window was broken by the boy.' is correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Which sentence correctly places the focusing adverb 'only' to mean that you ate pizza and nothing else? A) I ate pizza for lunch only. B) I only ate pizza for lunch. C) I ate only pizza for lunch. D) Only I ate pizza for lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I ate only pizza for lunch. 20. True or False:Dangling modifiers often make sentences unclear. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?Swinging back and forth, the girls played on the swing set for hours. A) Girls. B) Swing set. C) Back. D) Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Girls. 22. Misplaced modifiers can change the intended meaning of a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. In the oven, Peeta Mellark looked for his pepperoni pizza. A) Incorrect use of a modifier. B) Correct use of a modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect use of a modifier. 24. Which sentence correctly uses a modifier? A) The cat on the mat was sleeping peacefully. B) Sleeping peacefully, the cat was on the mat. A) Peacefully sleeping, the cat was on the mat. B) The cat on the mat was sleeping peacefully. C) Sleeping peacefully, the cat was on the mat. D) The mat was under the cat sleeping peacefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeping peacefully, the cat was on the mat. 25. Complete the sentence:The man ..... the street was my uncle. A) Crossed. B) Cross. C) Crosses. D) Crossing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crossing. 26. Which of the following is an example of a dangling modifier? A) The finish line was crossed by the runner. B) Quickly, the runner crossed the finish line. C) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed. D) The runner crossed the finish line quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed. 27. Which sentence is correct regarding modifiers? A) Covered in snow, the children built a snowman. B) The children built a snowman covered in snow. A) Covered in snow, the children built a snowman. B) The children built a snowman covered in snow. C) The snowman, covered in snow built by the children. D) Building a snowman, covered in snow were the children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children built a snowman covered in snow. 28. Which sentence correctly avoids a dangling modifier? A) While reading the book, the lamp fell over. B) While reading the book, I knocked over the lamp. C) The lamp fell over while reading the book. D) While reading the book, the lamp was knocked over by the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While reading the book, I knocked over the lamp. 29. Correct the misplaced modifier in the following sentence:The girl quickly ate the delicious cake. A) The girl quickly the delicious cake ate. B) The girl ate the delicious cake quickly. C) The quickly girl ate the delicious cake. D) Quickly the girl ate the delicious cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl ate the delicious cake quickly. 30. Rearrange the sentence to fix the misplaced modifier:'She served sandwiches to the children on paper plates.' A) On paper plates, she served sandwiches to the children. B) She served on paper plates sandwiches to the children. C) She served sandwiches on paper plates to the children. D) The children on paper plates were served sandwiches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She served sandwiches on paper plates to the children. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDangling Modifiers Quiz 1Dangling Modifiers Quiz 2Dangling Modifiers Quiz 3Dangling Modifiers Quiz 4Dangling Modifiers Quiz 5Dangling Modifiers Quiz 6Dangling Modifiers Quiz 7Dangling Modifiers Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books