This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Modifiers Placement – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modifiers Placement Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence best fixes the squinting modifier in:'The boy promised his mom when he got home he would do his chores.'? A) The boy promised his mom he would do his chores when he got home. B) The boy, when he got home, promised his mom he would do his chores. C) Both A and B fix the ambiguity. D) The original sentence is fine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B fix the ambiguity. 2. The boring class just ending a few minutes ago A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 3. Use the correct form.The titanic was (large) than the sail boat A) More large. B) Largest. C) Larger. D) Most large. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Larger. 4. She is ..... diligent as her sister. A) Different. B) So. C) As. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As. 5. Which of the following is an adverb:sweet, loudly, apple, blue? A) Sweet. B) Apple. C) Loudly. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loudly. 6. There were three boys on my team. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 7. Select the correct answer to fill in the blank.*Look at the placement of the commas.I want a slice of ..... cake. A) Warm gooey, delicious. B) Warm, gooey, delicious. C) Warm gooey delicious. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm, gooey, delicious. 8. Select the squinting modifier from the sentence:Having been fully restored, the car was the owner's true love, so the owner who commuted often drove the car. A) Fully. B) Often. C) True. D) Having been fully restored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often. 9. Which of these sentences means that he did not buy a tie? A) The shopper only looked at ties. B) The shopper looked only at the ties. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The shopper only looked at ties. 10. Fix the misplaced modifier:'The painting was admired by the tourists with vivid colors.' A) The tourists with vivid colors admired the painting. B) The painting with vivid colors was admired by the tourists. C) The tourists admired the painting with vivid colors. D) With vivid colors, the painting was admired by the tourists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The painting with vivid colors was admired by the tourists. 11. Which of the following adjectives should be used to complete the sentence:It was the (most/more) exciting movie I have seen this year? A) More. B) Very. C) Much. D) Most. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Most. 12. Which sentence has a clearer meaning without a squinting modifier? A) 'Jogging daily improves quickly your stamina.' B) 'Jogging improves daily quickly your stamina.' C) 'Jogging daily quickly improves your stamina.' D) 'Jogging daily improves your stamina quickly.' A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 13. Select the correct answer to fill in the blank.*Look at the placement of the commas.Her ..... hair was tied at the back of her neck. A) Long straight brown. B) Long straight, brown. C) Long, straight, brown. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long, straight, brown. 14. True or False:A squinting modifier can make the meaning of a sentence unclear. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What is a good way to test if a modifier is 'squinting'? A) Check if the sentence is a question or a statement. B) See if moving the modifier to another spot creates two different, logical meanings. C) Make sure all the nouns and verbs agree in number. D) Count the number of prepositional phrases in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) See if moving the modifier to another spot creates two different, logical meanings. 16. Which one is the verb modifier?The unique paintings were carefully designed by Van Gogh. A) Designed. B) Were. C) Carefully. D) Unique. E) Paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully. 17. Complete the sentence:He said that reading books ..... improved his vocabulary. A) Sometimes. B) Often. C) Quickly. D) Regularly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often. 18. Pick the appropriate location for this modifier:eating banana pancakes. A) The couple watched the rain falling from the sky. B) The couple watched the rain falling from the sky. C) The couple watched the rain falling from the sky . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The couple watched the rain falling from the sky. 19. True or False:In the sentence "He said he would call me back later, " moving 'later' to the very end of the sentence would help fix the ambiguity. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Choose the sentence that correctly shows how to use a comma when listing items in a series. A) She likes to go to the movies, and eat a lot of popcorn. B) My aunt has four daughters. Their names are Andrea, Michelle Rebecca, and Monica. C) I am going to brush my teeth, wash my face, and put on my pajamas before I go to sleep. D) Would you like to eat pizza, spaghetti tacos, or chicken nuggets for lunch?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am going to brush my teeth, wash my face, and put on my pajamas before I go to sleep. 21. In the sentence, 'Reading a book silently can be very relaxing, ' the word silently is a squinting modifier because it could be describing: A) Book or relaxing. B) Reading or relaxing. C) Book or can be. D) Reading or can be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading or can be. 22. In which sentence is the squinting modifier correctly repositioned? A) 'He promised to call his mom tomorrow.' B) 'He promised tomorrow to call his mom.' C) 'Tomorrow, he promised to call his mom.' D) 'He tomorrow promised to call his mom.' A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 23. How many things are being compared if we use the superlative form? A) Two. B) Three or more. C) One. D) No clue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three or more. 24. 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 caught my eye while walking down the street. C) The flowers walking down the street caught my eye. D) I noticed the flowers walking down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walking down the street, I noticed the flowers. 25. Include almost, even, exactly, hardly, just, merely, nearly, only, scarcely and simply; place before the word(s) they modify A) Modifier. B) Split infinitive. C) Limiting modifiers. D) Confusing phrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limiting modifiers. 26. 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. 27. Which of the following is NOT an example of an introductory word? A) Since. B) That. C) Although. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That. 28. Which part of speech is the word 'quickly' in the sentence 'The rabbit ran quickly'? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 29. 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!. 30. 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. 31. 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. 32. 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: C) Mrs. Parker, who loves math, is our teacher. 33. 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. 34. 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,. 35. Fix this sentence:She went to with great haste take out the pie from the oven. A) Correct as is. B) To take "with great haste" the pie . C) To take out the piece from the oven "with great haste" . D) She went "with great haste" to take . E) Remove the modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To take out the piece from the oven "with great haste" . 36. Rewrite the following sentence to correct the misplaced modifier:'Running down the street, the dog chased the cat.' A) The dog chased the cat running down the street. B) The dog chased the cat while running down the street. C) Down the street, the dog chased the cat running. D) The cat chased the dog running down the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog chased the cat running down the street. 37. The classroom, filled with excited voices, was buzzing before the assembly. A) Adjective. B) Misplaced modifier. C) Adverb. D) Modifier phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modifier phrase. 38. Which revision correctly fixes the misplaced modifier in the sentence: "Staring out of the window, the rain poured down in torrents" ? A) Staring out of the window, torrents of rain poured down. B) The rain poured down in torrents while staring out of the window. C) The rain stared out of the window, pouring down in torrents. D) The rain poured down in torrents, staring out of the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staring out of the window, torrents of rain poured down. 39. 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. 40. Complete the sentence:To avoid confusion, place the adverb ..... the verb it modifies. A) before B) after C) around D) near A) Before. B) Near. C) After. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near. 41. 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. 42. 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. 43. 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. 44. What type of modifier is the selected word in the following sentence? The cat slept soundly on the warm windowsill. A) Adverb. B) Prepositional phrase (adjective). C) Prepositional phrase (adverb). D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 45. 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. 46. 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. 47. 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. 48. What is the modifier in the sentence? The freshly baked bread smelled delicious. A) Baked. B) Freshly. C) Delicious. D) Bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freshly. 49. 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. 50. 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. 51. Complete the sentence to create a squinting modifier:She promised ..... she would text me the homework. A) Sincerely. B) After class. C) Kindly. D) From her phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After class. 52. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday we read about origami in the encyclopedia, the Japanese craft of making images out of folded paper. 53. What type of word does an adverb modify? A) Only nouns. B) Only adjectives. C) Prepositions. D) Verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. 54. True or False:The sentence "I told him after class I would send the notes" contains a squinting modifier. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Modification is a ..... A) Word used to describe an occurrence. B) Sentence standing together in separate units. C) Phrase that expresses the same relation to another element. D) Syntactic construction in which one grammatical element by another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntactic construction in which one grammatical element by another. 56. Select the modifier.America is very far from the UAE. A) Very. B) Far. C) America. D) UAE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very. 57. After searching for hours, the missing homework mysteriously showed up in Cortez's locker. 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. 58. Complete the sentence:To improve your skills, you should practice ..... A) Tomorrow. B) Often. C) Quickly. D) Seldom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often. 59. Complete the sentence:To avoid confusion, a modifier should be placed as ..... as possible to the word it describes. A) Close. B) Far. C) Randomly. D) Late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Close. 60. Which sentence uses a dangling modifier? A) She was excited to go on the field trip. B) We stayed late at the party. C) I walked to school quickly. D) While reading the book, the lights suddenly went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While reading the book, the lights suddenly went out. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesModifiers Placement Quiz 1Modifiers Placement Quiz 2Modifiers Placement Quiz 3Modifiers Placement Quiz 4Modifiers Placement Quiz 5Modifiers Placement Quiz 7Modifiers Placement Quiz 8Accept Vs. 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