This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Dangling Modifiers – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dangling Modifiers Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When you're editing your own essays, what is the most effective first step to find and fix a squinting modifier? A) Look for an adverb placed between two verbs or phrases and ask yourself if it could describe either one. B) Use a thesaurus to find a better word for the modifier. C) Make sure all your sentences are about the same length. D) Delete all the adverbs to see if the sentence still makes sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look for an adverb placed between two verbs or phrases and ask yourself if it could describe either one. 2. Which word does "accidentally" modify?Theo accidentally told Kate about her upcoming surprise party. A) Theo. B) Upcoming. C) Told. D) Kate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 3. A "squinting modifier" is a word or phrase that is confusing because it ..... A) Is misspelled. B) Describes something missing from the sentence. C) Is placed between two things it could logically describe. D) Is at the very end of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is placed between two things it could logically describe. 4. Correct the sentence:The woman was walking her dog in high heels. A) In high heels, the woman was walking her dog. B) Walking her dog, the woman wore high heels. C) The woman was walking in high heels with her dog. D) The woman, in high heels, was walking her dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The woman, in high heels, was walking her dog. 5. When the bus arrived at the terminal, the pigeons flew into the sky. A) Complete sentence. B) Dangling modifier. C) Misplaced modifier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 6. To fix a dangling modifier you are allowed to: A) Omit the dangling modifier completely. B) Change some words in the sentence so it makes sense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change some words in the sentence so it makes sense. 7. Running across the dining room floor, I lost my balance after slipping on a rug. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correct. 8. Which sentence avoids a dangling modifier? A) After watching the movie, popcorn was spilled. B) After watching the movie, we spilled the popcorn. C) Watching the movie, the popcorn spilled. D) After the movie, the popcorn was spilled. A) Watching the movie, the popcorn spilled. B) After watching the movie, we spilled the popcorn. C) After the movie, the popcorn was spilled. D) After watching the movie, popcorn was spilled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After watching the movie, we spilled the popcorn. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:'She sang beautifully at the concert.' A) Concert. B) Beautifully. C) Sang. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautifully. 17. Which word is a simple modifier in the sentence:'The soup is too hot to eat.' A) Soup. B) Hot. C) Too. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hot. 18. 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. 19. 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) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 20. Which revision best corrects the misplaced modifier? 'She only saw the movie yesterday.' A) She saw the movie only yesterday. B) Only she saw the movie yesterday. C) She saw only the movie yesterday. D) She saw the only movie yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She saw the movie only yesterday. 21. Complete the sentence:The book ..... was left on the table. A) Been borrowed. B) Borrowing. C) I borrowed. D) Borrowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I borrowed. 22. 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. 23. 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) Add "green" before "jungle gym". C) Move "with fuzzy orange hair" to after "child". D) No changes necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Move "with fuzzy orange hair" to after "child". 24. Describes another word or phrase A) Phrase. B) Modifier. C) Grammar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifier. 25. What is the correct placement of the modifier in the following sentence?Misplaced:After eating dinner, the movie was watched. A) After eating dinner, the movie was watched. B) The movie was watched after eating dinner. C) After dinner, the movie was watched. D) The movie was watched, after eating dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After eating dinner, the movie was watched. 26. 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. 27. 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 ate only pizza for lunch. C) Only I ate pizza for lunch. D) I only ate pizza for lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I ate only pizza for lunch. 28. 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. 29. 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) Swing set. B) Girls. C) Back. D) Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Girls. 30. 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. 31. 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. 32. 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) Sleeping peacefully, the cat was on the mat. B) Peacefully sleeping, the cat was on the mat. C) The mat was under the cat sleeping peacefully. D) The cat on the mat was sleeping peacefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeping peacefully, the cat was on the mat. 33. Complete the sentence:The man ..... the street was my uncle. A) Crossing. B) Cross. C) Crossed. D) Crosses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crossing. 34. Which of the following is an example of a dangling modifier? A) The finish line was crossed by the runner. B) The runner crossed the finish line quickly. C) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed. D) Quickly, the runner crossed the finish line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed. 35. 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) The snowman, covered in snow built by the children. B) Covered in snow, the children built a snowman. C) The children built a snowman covered in snow. D) Building a snowman, covered in snow were the children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The children built a snowman covered in snow. 36. Correct the misplaced modifier in the following sentence:The girl quickly ate the delicious cake. A) The quickly girl ate the delicious cake. B) Quickly the girl ate the delicious cake. C) The girl quickly the delicious cake ate. D) The girl ate the delicious cake quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The girl ate the delicious cake quickly. 37. 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. 38. 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. 39. 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) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 40. 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. 41. Which of these is the modifier in the sentence? The tourist excitedly snapped pictures of the ocean. A) Ocean. B) Snapped. C) Excitedly. D) Tourist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excitedly. 42. Whenever students at XYZ High School are under a great deal of stress, ..... often stop studying. A) He or she. B) They. C) We. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They. 43. Which of the following is the correct form of the adjective in the sentence:She is a (good/well) dancer? A) Good. B) Bad. C) Terrible. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 44. 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. 45. Complete the sentence:The teacher ..... with a stern voice, gave the instructions. A) Speaking. B) Spoke. C) Speaks. D) Spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking. 46. 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. 47. 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) Running through the park. D) Walking down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walking down the street. 48. In the sentence, "I told my brother in the morning we would go to the park, " which part is the squinting modifier? A) We would go. B) I told. C) In the morning. D) My brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the morning. 49. Choose the sentence that correctly uses modifiers: A) Reading every night, the book was finished by Josh. B) Finished by Josh, reading every night was the book. C) The book was read every night, finished by Josh. D) Josh, reading every night, finished the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Josh, reading every night, finished the book. 50. Which of the following sentences correctly applies the placement of modifiers? A) The girl drove almost her brother to school every day. B) The girl drove her brother to school almost every day. C) The girl almost drove her brother to school every day. D) Almost the girl drove her brother to school every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl drove her brother to school almost every day. 51. 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. 52. The TV helps me get through the night, as I have trouble sleeping A) Having trouble sleeping, the T.V. helped me get through the night. B) NO CHANGE. C) The T.V. gave me the inability to sleep. D) The T.V. helped the night get through sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO CHANGE. 53. 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) I. D) The library. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The library. 54. 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. 55. 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. 56. What is the dangling modifier in this sentence?Walking along the bridge, a ship suddenly appeared. A) A ship suddenly. B) Walking along the bridge. C) Along the bridge. D) Suddenly appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking along the bridge. 57. 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. 58. 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. 59. Complete the sentence with the clearest modifier placement:The boy ..... won the race. A) Won the race in the blue shorts. B) Won the race who was in the blue shorts. C) In the blue shorts, he won the race. D) In the blue shorts won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the blue shorts won the race. 60. 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) Our school purchased new weight equipment to improve our wrestling team. D) The school purchased new weight equipment to improve our wrestling team. 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