This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. A) Correct. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling. 2. Walking to school, a bus nearly ran me over. A) Regular Adjective. B) Dangling Adjective. C) Participle Adjective. D) Nominative Absolute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling Adjective. 3. Which sentence has a dangling modifier? A) While I was working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. B) Working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. C) I lost all of my work when the power went out while I was working on my computer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. 4. Which option best corrects the sentence below?Driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache. A) Correct as written. B) My head started to ache driving in heavy traffic. C) While I was driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While I was driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache. 5. What word can be defined as agreeable; being friendly and sociable A) Frivolous. B) Hospitable. C) Dubious. D) Amiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amiable. 6. Hungry for a big plate of spuds, my portion of mashed potatoes looked disappointingly small. A) NO CHANGE. B) With a big appetite for spuds,. C) I was hungry for a big plate of spuds,. D) Because I was hungry for a big plate of spuds,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because I was hungry for a big plate of spuds,. 7. While she was playing at the park, Lindy accidentally stepped on a piece of glass without any shoes on.What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence? A) At the park. B) Without any shoes on. C) Accidentally. D) On a piece of glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without any shoes on. 8. What is the verb in this sentence?Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight. A) Ate. B) Sitting. C) Tuna sandwich. D) Absolute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 9. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Covered in chocolate, the children enjoyed the strawberries. A) The strawberries were covered in chocolate. B) The children were covered in chocolate. C) The sentence is correct. D) We don't know who was covered in chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The strawberries were covered in chocolate. 10. If Keesha wants to add the phrase "from the library" to describe the book, where should she place it in the sentence below?My sister finished reading the book in two days. A) Between sister and finished. B) After days. C) Between book and in. D) Before My. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between book and in. 11. While driving down the highway, we saw a deer. A) This sentence does contain a dangling modifier. B) This sentence does not contain a dangling modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This sentence does not contain a dangling modifier. 12. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on. A) Correct. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling. 13. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? After eating the cake, the plate was washed by Sarah. A) We don't know who ate the cake. B) The cake was eating the plate. C) Sarah needs to be mentioned earlier in the sentence. D) The sentence is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah needs to be mentioned earlier in the sentence. 14. According to this sentence, what is running down the hallway?Running down the hallway, the lights were left on in the classroom. A) No one. B) The narrator. C) The classroom. D) The lights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The lights. 15. Determine if the sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier. We saw a herd of sheep on the way to our hotel in Paris. A) Misplaced. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced. 16. Select the correct structure. A) To grow tired of London is growing tired of life. B) To grow tired of London is to grow tired of life. C) Growing tired of London is to grow tired of life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To grow tired of London is to grow tired of life. 17. Growing up in Kentucky, these fossils were common. A) NO CHANGE. B) Living as children. C) Having grown up. D) Where we grew up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where we grew up. 18. Which of the following job descriptions require the employee to NOT be hospitable A) Bodyguard. B) Waitress. C) Mall Santa. D) Nurse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bodyguard. 19. The band and I had a sold-out performance last night. There was not a single seat left in the auditorium after playing the first song. Screaming in excitement, the fans amazed us with their energy. We didn't want the night to end because of them. Which modifier is dangling in the paragraph above? A) In the auditorium. B) Screaming in excitement. C) After playing the first song. D) With their energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After playing the first song. 20. Which part is the dangeling modifier?"Having read this letter, my parrot since died." A) Having read this letter. B) My parrot since died. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having read this letter. 21. Bowen walked to the park, Leah followed behind. A) NO CHANGE. B) Park and Leah. C) Park; Leah. D) Park:Leah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Park; Leah. 22. Is the modifier dangling or correct?-After reading the great new book, the movie was a bit of a disappointment. A) Correct. B) Dangling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling. 23. My studies have been focused on the social sciences, having taken two political science courses and one sociology course. A) This sentence does contain a dangling modifier. B) This sentence does not contain a dangling modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) This sentence does contain a dangling modifier. 24. Identify the dangling modifier in the sentence:Walking to the store, the rain started to fall A) Walking in the rain to the store. B) Walking to the store. C) The store where the rain started to fall. D) The rain started to fall while walking to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking to the store. 25. Hammering the final nail into the wall, the house was completed. A) Correct. B) Dangling Participle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dangling Participle. 26. Sheila watched Desmond stuff his mouth with a cupcake frosted with vanilla icing. A) Yes! This sentence has a misplaced or dangling modifier!. B) No! This sentence is error free!. C) This sentence has a spelling error. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No! This sentence is error free!. 27. What's the problem with the modifiers in this sentence? Jumping over the fence, the dog chased the cat. A) The cat was jumping over the fence. B) We don't know who was jumping over the fence. C) The dog needs to be mentioned earlier in the sentence. D) The sentence is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sentence is correct. 28. To get a good grade, studying hard is important. A) You should study hard to get a good grade. B) Studying hard is important to get a good grade. C) To get a good grade, you should study hard. D) Getting a good grade is important by studying hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get a good grade, you should study hard. 29. Although the rain stopped we decided to postpone the ceremony. A) Stopped; we. B) Stopped. We. C) Stopped, we. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stopped, we. 30. What word is defined as readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence A) Presumptuous. B) Dubious. C) Amiable. D) Credulity. 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