This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Modifiers Placement – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modifiers Placement Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. 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 suddenly. C) Suddenly working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. D) This sentence is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While I was working on my computer, the power went out, and I lost all of my work. 2. True or False:Adding punctuation can sometimes resolve a squinting modifier issue. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What type of modifier is the selected word in the following sentence?You float easily in sea water. A) Prepositional phrase (adverb). B) Adjective. C) Prepositional phrase (adjective). D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 4. Hanging from the ceiling, the teacher noticed the broken light fixture. A) Adjective. B) Modifier phrase. C) Misplaced modifier. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misplaced modifier. 5. Locate the squinting modifier in the sentence:'My friend promised after school she would text me.' A) Text me. B) After school. C) My friend. D) Promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After school. 6. What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb? A) Adjectives describe adverbs, while adverbs describe verbs. B) Adjectives describe pronouns, while adverbs describe adjectives. C) Adjectives describe verbs, while adverbs describe nouns or pronouns. D) Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns, while adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns, while adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. 7. Which sentence is the CLEAREST revision of:'The coach told the team after practice they played well.'? A) The coach, after practice, told the team they played well. B) The sentence is fine as it is. C) After practice, the coach told the team they played well. D) The coach told the team they played well after practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After practice, the coach told the team they played well. 8. The cat walked carefully through the room. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 9. What is the error in this sentence: "I found a watch walking in the park" ? A) Dangling modifier. B) Incorrect verb tense. C) No error. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling modifier. 10. Fill in the blank:'The teacher said ..... the test would be easy.' A) Happily. B) In her notes. C) On Monday. D) That on Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On Monday. 11. Identify the sentence with correct modifier placement: A) Flashing quickly, the tunnel drove through the lights. B) As we drove through the tunnel, the lights flashed quickly. C) The lights driving through the tunnel flashed quickly. D) Driving through the tunnel, the lights flashed quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As we drove through the tunnel, the lights flashed quickly. 12. Which sentence is correct? Stuck in traffic, the car engine overheated. The car engine, stuck in traffic, overheated. A) Stuck in traffic, the car engine overheated. B) The car engine, stuck in traffic, overheated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car engine, stuck in traffic, overheated. 13. What is the main problem created by a squinting modifier? A) It always uses incorrect punctuation, like a missing comma. B) It modifies a word that isn't in the sentence. C) It is a type of adjective that describes a noun incorrectly. D) It is placed so it could describe the word before it OR the word after it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is placed so it could describe the word before it OR the word after it. 14. Context:Your friend was supposed to text you yesterday, but didn't. They finally texted you this morning. Complete the sentence:'My friend who was supposed to text me yesterday ..... texted me this morning.' A) Finally. B) Texted finally. C) Morning finally. D) Me finally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finally. 15. True or False:The best way to fix a squinting modifier is to move it to a position where it clearly modifies only one word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Carefully glued together, Veyah admired her glitter-covered art project from a safe distance. 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. 17. What kind of error is this? Suddenly alone, the room felt cold and lonely to Liezel. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 18. Choose the sentence that does NOT include a dangling modifier. A) Devouring ample amounts of Cook-Out, the engineer felt joy seeping back into his soul. B) Biking to class, the sun shined upon the student. C) Having been used to clean the floor, Gregory was unwilling to use his toothbrush. D) Being a sit-down comedian, it was hard to make ends meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devouring ample amounts of Cook-Out, the engineer felt joy seeping back into his soul. 19. The large elephant slowly walked through the jungle. Which two words from the sentence are modifiers? A) Walked, jungle. B) Large, slowly. C) Elephant, through. D) Large, elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large, slowly. 20. Which sentence contains a misplaced phrase? A) My mom made dinner for the guests in the kitchen. B) We watched the movie at the theater. C) The teacher read the book aloud. D) He called his friend after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mom made dinner for the guests in the kitchen. 21. A word, phrase, or clause that modifies and gives information of another word in the same sentence. It can be an adjective, adverb, etc. A) Interjection. B) Noun. C) Modifier. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modifier. 22. Grandma and I would go to the neighborhood ladies's brunch but first, we'd bring lunch pails in the fields baling hay out to the workers. A) In the fields' hay baling out to the workers. B) Out in the fields baling hay to the workers. C) Out to the workers baling hay in the fields. D) NO CHANG. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out to the workers baling hay in the fields. 23. The following are examples of adverbs EXCEPT ..... A) Empty. B) Hopefully. C) Interestingly. D) Carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empty. 24. Fix this sentence:The goal of the marathon was to completely run 20 miles. A) To run "completely" . B) Correct as is. C) To run 20 miles "completely" . D) Remove the modifier. E) Was "completely" to run . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To run 20 miles "completely" . 25. True or False:A squinting modifier can make a sentence ambiguous because it can refer to two different parts of the sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Laughing hysterically, Ken's juice box sprayed a sticky fountain across the table. 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. 27. What type of modifier is used in the sentence:'Arthur was extremely tired at the end of the day.'? A) Limiting Modifier. B) Adjectival Phrase. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 28. In the sentence 'What you hear often can influence your opinion, ' why is the word 'often' a squinting modifier? A) It's an adverb and adverbs are always confusing. B) It's unclear if it means you 'hear things often' or that what you hear 'often can influence' you. C) The word 'often' should be at the very end of the sentence. D) The sentence needs a comma after the word 'hear'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's unclear if it means you 'hear things often' or that what you hear 'often can influence' you. 29. I can't believe this. A) Demonstrative adjective. B) Proper adjective. C) Demonstrative pronouns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demonstrative pronouns. 30. The energetic puppy ran quickly. Which two words from the sentence are modifiers? A) Energetic, puppy. B) Energetic, quickly. C) Ran, quickly. D) Puppy, ran. 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