This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They failed the science test, not having studied enough the night before. 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: B) Correct use of a modifier. 2. Identify the sentence with the correct modifier placement:A) Covered in sauce, the plate was delicious. B) The plate was delicious, covered in sauce. C) Covered in sauce, we found the plate delicious. D) We found the plate delicious, covered in sauce. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 3. True or False:The sentence 'Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by the athlete' contains a dangling modifier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Which of these is the modifier in the sentence? The tourist excitedly snapped pictures of the ocean. A) Tourist. B) Snapped. C) Excitedly. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excitedly. 5. Whenever students at XYZ High School are under a great deal of stress, ..... often stop studying. A) Them. B) We. C) He or she. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They. 6. Which of the following is the correct form of the adjective in the sentence:She is a (good/well) dancer? A) Bad. B) Good. C) Terrible. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good. 7. We watched a radiant sunset climbing a hill. A) Misplaced. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced. 8. Complete the sentence:The teacher ..... with a stern voice, gave the instructions. A) Speaks. B) Spoken. C) Spoke. D) Speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaking. 9. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier.In 1919, E. W. Bullard invented the first hard hat used for safety on construction sites made of steamed canvas, glue, and black paint. A) In 1919. B) Made of steamed canvas, glue, and black paint. C) Bullard invented the hard hat. D) Used for safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made of steamed canvas, glue, and black paint. 10. Recognize the dangling modifier in the following sentence:Walking down the street, the trees looked beautiful. A) Sitting on the bench. B) The trees looked beautiful. C) Walking down the street. D) Running through the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking down the street. 11. In the sentence, "I told my brother in the morning we would go to the park, " which part is the squinting modifier? A) In the morning. B) My brother. C) We would go. D) I told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the morning. 12. Choose the sentence that correctly uses modifiers: A) Reading every night, the book was finished by Josh. B) The book was read every night, finished by Josh. C) Josh, reading every night, finished the book. D) Finished by Josh, reading every night was the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Josh, reading every night, finished the book. 13. Which of the following sentences correctly applies the placement of modifiers? A) The girl drove almost her brother to school every day. B) Almost the girl drove her brother to school every day. C) The girl almost drove her brother to school every day. D) The girl drove her brother to school almost every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The girl drove her brother to school almost every day. 14. Choose the sentence with a fixed Misplaced modifier A) I nearly made fifty dollars today. B) I made nearly fifty dollars today. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I made nearly fifty dollars today. 15. The TV helps me get through the night, as I have trouble sleeping A) The T.V. helped the night get through sleeping. B) NO CHANGE. C) Having trouble sleeping, the T.V. helped me get through the night. D) The T.V. gave me the inability to sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 16. In the sentence 'I read the book in the library that my teacher assigned, ' what does the phrase 'that my teacher assigned' incorrectly seem to describe? A) Read. B) The book. C) The library. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The library. 17. True or False:A modifier can be more than one word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Is the prepositional phrase in the sentence an adjective or an adverb phrase?Do you like swimming in the ocean? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 19. What is the dangling modifier in this sentence?Walking along the bridge, a ship suddenly appeared. A) Suddenly appeared. B) A ship suddenly. C) Walking along the bridge. D) Along the bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walking along the bridge. 20. Does the following sentence have a dangling or a misplaced modifier?After peeling apples, the baby munched on them with his mom. A) Dangling Modifier. B) Misplaced Modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced Modifier. 21. True or False:Misplaced modifiers can result in humorous misunderstandings. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Complete the sentence with the clearest modifier placement:The boy ..... won the race. A) Won the race who was in the blue shorts. B) In the blue shorts, he won the race. C) Won the race in the blue shorts. D) In the blue shorts won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the blue shorts won the race. 23. What is the correct form of the sentence: "To improve our wrestling team, new weight equipment was purchased by our school" ? A) To improve our wrestling team, the school purchased new weight equipment. B) New weight equipment was purchased by our school to improve our wrestling team. C) The school purchased new weight equipment to improve our wrestling team. D) Our school purchased new weight equipment to improve our wrestling team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To improve our wrestling team, the school purchased new weight equipment. 24. Complete the sentence:The pizza ..... by the kids was delicious. A) Eaten. B) Ate. C) Eating. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 25. Identify the misplaced modifier. A) The teacher gave the students a very hard test. B) The teacher gave a test to the students that was very hard. C) The students were given a very hard test by the teacher. D) The teacher gave a very hard test to the students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher gave a test to the students that was very hard. 26. Complete the sentence:After taking a long nap, ..... was refreshed. A) The cat's owner. B) The sun. C) The cat. D) The room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cat. 27. Which sentence uses a simple modifier correctly? A) Quickly, the rabbit hopped away. B) Hopped away quickly, the rabbit. C) The rabbit quickly hopped away. D) The rabbit hopped away quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rabbit quickly hopped away. 28. Complete the sentence with the correct modifier: ..... on the chair, the cat slept soundly. A) Curling up. B) Curl up. C) Curled up. D) Curled up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curled up. 29. Which sentence correctly uses modifiers? A) The student heard about the final exam walking through the hallway. B) Walking through the hallway, the final exam was heard by the student. C) The student, walking through the hallway, heard about the final exam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The student, walking through the hallway, heard about the final exam. 30. Complete the sentence:While ..... , the book fell off the shelf. A) reading B) read C) to read D) reads A) To read. B) Reads. C) Read. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading. ← 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