This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Modifiers Placement – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modifiers Placement Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these sentences contains a squinting modifier? A) I promised after practice I would clean my room. B) I promised my mom I would clean my room after practice. C) After practice, I promised my mom I would clean my room. D) I promised my mom after practice that I would clean my room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I promised after practice I would clean my room. 2. Which revision corrects the dangling modifier in the sentence?Walking down the street, the flowers caught my eye. A) Walking down the street, I noticed the flowers. B) The flowers walking down the street caught my eye. C) The flowers caught my eye while walking down the street. D) I noticed the flowers walking down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking down the street, I noticed the flowers. 3. Include almost, even, exactly, hardly, just, merely, nearly, only, scarcely and simply; place before the word(s) they modify A) Modifier. B) Limiting modifiers. C) Split infinitive. D) Confusing phrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limiting modifiers. 4. What are Adjectives? A) They express actions, processes and states. B) Are words that describe and modify nouns and pronouns. C) Are words that modify adjectives, verbs and another adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are words that describe and modify nouns and pronouns. 5. Which of the following is NOT an example of an introductory word? A) That. B) However. C) Since. D) Although. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 6. Which part of speech is the word 'quickly' in the sentence 'The rabbit ran quickly'? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 7. Which one of these options completes the sentence in a way that makes the most sense?After having eaten a handful of jalapenos, A) My tongue was on fire!. B) I felt like my tongue was on fire!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I felt like my tongue was on fire!. 8. Choose the best revision for the sentence below: "Flying high above the lake, the boat looked tiny." A) The boat flying high above the lake looked tiny. B) Flying high above the lake, we saw the tiny boat below. C) High above, the tiny boat flew over the lake. D) Looking tiny, the boat flew high over the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flying high above the lake, we saw the tiny boat below. 9. What type of error is this?I ate a cereal with chocolate milk in my pajamas. A) Misplaced modifiers. B) Dangling modifiers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifiers. 10. Which sentence contains correct punctuation? A) Mrs. Parker who loves math, is our teacher. B) Mrs. Parker, who loves math, is our teacher. C) Mrs., Parker who loves math is our teacher. D) Mrs. Parker who loves math is our teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Parker, who loves math, is our teacher. 11. Is this sentence correct? While typing on the computer, the kitten sat down. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. Where do the commas belong in the following sentence?Marcus my sisters hamster likes to run in a wheel. A) , my sisters hamster,. B) , Marcus my sisters,. C) , hamster likes to run,. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) , my sisters hamster,. 13. Fix this sentence:She went to with great haste take out the pie from the oven. A) Remove the modifier. B) To take out the piece from the oven "with great haste" . C) She went "with great haste" to take . D) To take "with great haste" the pie . E) Correct as is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To take out the piece from the oven "with great haste" . 14. Rewrite the following sentence to correct the misplaced modifier:'Running down the street, the dog chased the cat.' A) The cat chased the dog running down the street. B) The dog chased the cat running down the street. C) The dog chased the cat while running down the street. D) Down the street, the dog chased the cat running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog chased the cat running down the street. 15. The classroom, filled with excited voices, was buzzing before the assembly. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Modifier phrase. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifier phrase. 16. Which revision correctly fixes the misplaced modifier in the sentence: "Staring out of the window, the rain poured down in torrents" ? A) The rain poured down in torrents, staring out of the window. B) The rain stared out of the window, pouring down in torrents. C) The rain poured down in torrents while staring out of the window. D) Staring out of the window, torrents of rain poured down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Staring out of the window, torrents of rain poured down. 17. You want to say that the *only thing* you ate for lunch was a sandwich. Which sentence says this most clearly? A) I only ate a sandwich for lunch. B) I ate only a sandwich for lunch. C) I ate a sandwich for lunch only. D) I ate a sandwich only for lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I ate only a sandwich for lunch. 18. Complete the sentence:To avoid confusion, place the adverb ..... the verb it modifies. A) before B) after C) around D) near A) Near. B) After. C) Around. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near. 19. True or False:Rewriting 'He said after the movie he would get popcorn' as 'He said he would get popcorn after the movie' successfully removes the confusion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Which of these sentences implies that the instructor nodded only at Elvis and no one else? A) The instructor nodded just to Elvis as she came in. B) The instructor just nodded to Elvis as she came in. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The instructor nodded just to Elvis as she came in. 21. True or False:In the sentence 'Rustling through the leaves, the squirrel was hard to spot, ' the modifier is correctly placed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. What type of modifier is the selected word in the following sentence? The cat slept soundly on the warm windowsill. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Prepositional phrase (adjective). D) Prepositional phrase (adverb). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 23. What does Ms. Frederiksen's pet peeve from this unit mean (good vs. well)? A) Good = adverb, well = adjective. B) Good = adjective, well = adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good = adjective, well = adverb. 24. Trey nervously presented his essay about penguins to the class wearing a superhero cape. A) Correct Modifier Placement. B) Misplaced/Dangling Modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced/Dangling Modifier. 25. What is a descriptive Adjective? A) Is a word which describes noun and pronouns. B) Is a word that modifies nouns and pronouns and is formed from a proper noun. C) Is a word that modifies a noun by indicating a number or quantity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is a word which describes noun and pronouns. 26. What is the modifier in the sentence? The freshly baked bread smelled delicious. A) Bread. B) Baked. C) Freshly. D) Delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freshly. 27. What type of error is this? Dolger discovered an ancient Mayan civilization using astronavigation. A) Misplaced modifiers. B) Dangling modifiers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifiers. 28. True or False:In the sentence 'My dad promised after dinner to help me with my homework, ' the phrase 'after dinner' creates confusion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Complete the sentence to create a squinting modifier:She promised ..... she would text me the homework. A) From her phone. B) After class. C) Kindly. D) Sincerely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After class. 30. Which of the following is more correct? A) Yesterday we read about origami in the encyclopedia, the Japanese craft of making images out of folded paper. B) Yesterday we read about origami, the Japanese craft of making images out of folded paper in the encyclopedia. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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